Psychogenic Cardiac Arrest during Extensive Sympathetic Blockade

Reflex bradycardia during surgery

“…Frerichs et al 29 reported an unsedated patient who underwent arthroscopic examination of a knee with epidural anaesthesia. Upon being told of his poor prognosis, the patient suddenly developed a bradycardia leading to asystole.…”

Regional Anesthesia and the Difficult Airway

“…[14][15][16][17][18][19] Closed claim studies have demonstrated that young, healthy patients undergoing surgery during spinal anesthesia can experience sudden cardiac arrest. In the case of a patient with an established difficult airway, the likely complications are those that would lead to the immediate need to secure the airway because of total spinal block, cardiac arrest, or seizure.…”

Parada cardiorrespiratória em raquianestesia

“…Most episodes of vagusmediated syncope show fast and spontaneous resolution; therefore, treatment might not be necessary. However, in the presence of severe bradycardia and cA, adequate and early treatment should be instituted, and a vagolytic drug that reduces morbidity in cases of cA during spinal anesthesia, should be instituted 4,29,35 .…”