title: Successful resuscitation of a patient who developed cardiac arrest from pulsed saline bacitracin lavage during thoracic laminectomy and fusion.
abstract: A patient with a history of T12 burst fracture caused by a fall, and with progressive weakness and sensory loss in the left leg, survived a cardiac arrest after pulsed saline bacitracin lavage irrigation during a posterior spinal fusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. sgreenberg@enh.org
authors.forename: Steven B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deshur
authors.forename: Yevgeniy
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Khavkin
authors.forename: Elden
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karaikovic
authors.forename: Jeffery
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vender
mesh_terms: D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001414:Bacitracin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007796:Laminectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001414:Bacitracin; D012965:Sodium Chloride