Cardiac arrest after injection of ropivacaine for posterior lumbar plexus blockade

Anesthesiology. 2003 Dec;99(6):1451-3. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200312000-00031.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amides / adverse effects*
  • Anesthetics, Local / adverse effects*
  • Heart Arrest / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Lumbosacral Plexus / drug effects*
  • Male
  • Nerve Block / adverse effects*
  • Ropivacaine

Substances

  • Amides
  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Ropivacaine