Meningococcal purpura fulminans: treatment of vascular insufficiency in a 2-yr-old child with lumbar epidural sympathetic blockade

Anesthesiology. 1989 Sep;71(3):463-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, Epidural / methods*
  • Autonomic Nerve Block / methods*
  • Bupivacaine
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg / blood supply*
  • Lidocaine
  • Lumbosacral Plexus
  • Meningococcal Infections / complications*
  • Purpura / complications*
  • Sepsis / complications*
  • Shock, Septic / complications
  • Venous Insufficiency / etiology
  • Venous Insufficiency / therapy*

Substances

  • Lidocaine
  • Bupivacaine