[Cardiac arrest after axillary plexic anaesthesia with ropivacaine in a chronic kidney failure dialysis patient].
The local anaesthetics are responsible for an important part of morbidity and mortality during conduction anaesthesia. We describe fatal accident plexic anaesthesia with ropivacaine in spite of a classical reanimation measure in a dialysis patient.
Service d'anesthésie réanimation, CHU de Nantes, 1, place Alexis-Ricordeau, 44000 Nantes, France. lascarroujb@hotmail.com
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D000577:Amides / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D000077212:Ropivacaine
D000577:Amides; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D000077212:Ropivacaine