Apnea during spinal anesthesia in an unsedated patient with central sleep apnea syndrome.
We describe a case of apnea during spinal anesthesia in an unsedated patient with central sleep apnea syndrome. When spinal anesthesia is planned for a patient who is suspected of having this syndrome, apnea may be induced, even if no sedative was administered and the level of anesthesia is only moderate.
Tsujimoto
S
S
Department of Anesthesiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya City, 663-8501, Japan.
Tashiro
C
C
D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D001049:Apnea / Q000209:etiology*; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D020182:Sleep Apnea, Central / Q000150:complications*; D020728:Transurethral Resection of Prostate