Reducing the potential morbidity of an unintentional spinal anaesthetic by aspirating cerebrospinal fluid.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe two cases where we attempted to reduce the adverse effects of inadvertent spinal anaesthesia by aspirating local anaesthetic-contaminated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Analysis of this CSF for its local anaesthetic concentration revealed that we were able to recover 51% and 39% of the administered lignocaine. It is suggested that such aspiration may be a helpful additional measure to the supportive management of this complication.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, Epidural
- Anesthesia, Spinal
- Anesthetics, Local
- Lidocaine