title: Continuous Spinal Anaesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery in a High-Risk Patient.
abstract: Elderly patients have increased risk for perioperative mortality and morbidity due to additional comorbidities, such as cardiac diseases. Regional anaesthesia techniques are usually preferred in high-risk patients due to some advantages, such as the maintenance of cardiovascular stability and early postoperative mobilisation. This case presents the anaesthetic approach in a 55-year-old male patient with low ejection fraction that underwent hip fracture surgery. In this present case, continuous spinal anaesthesia with low-dose hyperbaric bupivacaine provided safe and effective anaesthesia during surgery with minimal haemodynamic changes and adequate analgesia during the first 24 hours after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Regional Education and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Çömez
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: İlker
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: İnce
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahıskalıoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Regional Education and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mısırlıoğlu
keywords: Continuous spinal anaesthesia; high-risk patient; hip fracture; surgery