Recurrent asystole during laryngoscopy – A nightmare for the anesthesiologists

Hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation is usually transient, but it may be more pronounced and unpredictable in certain group of patients. Bradycardia and asystole during laryngoscopy is usually a rare manifestation compared to hypertension and tachycardia. Anesthesiologists should be m...

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Autores principales: Vinayagam, Stalin, Dhanger, Sangeeta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572084
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_6_19
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description Hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation is usually transient, but it may be more pronounced and unpredictable in certain group of patients. Bradycardia and asystole during laryngoscopy is usually a rare manifestation compared to hypertension and tachycardia. Anesthesiologists should be more vigilant and take special precautions to avoid such life-threatening complications during laryngoscopy. Here, we report recurrent asystole on multiple occasions during laryngoscopy in a patient with obstructive jaundice.
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spelling pubmed-67537632019-10-01 Recurrent asystole during laryngoscopy – A nightmare for the anesthesiologists Vinayagam, Stalin Dhanger, Sangeeta Saudi J Anaesth Case Report Hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation is usually transient, but it may be more pronounced and unpredictable in certain group of patients. Bradycardia and asystole during laryngoscopy is usually a rare manifestation compared to hypertension and tachycardia. Anesthesiologists should be more vigilant and take special precautions to avoid such life-threatening complications during laryngoscopy. Here, we report recurrent asystole on multiple occasions during laryngoscopy in a patient with obstructive jaundice. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6753763/ /pubmed/31572084 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_6_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Saudi Journal of Anesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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