September 1, 2003AnesthesiologyOpen Access

Can We Explain the High Incidence of Cardiac Arrest during Spinal Anesthesia for Hip Surgery?

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Population

Patients undergoing hip surgery under spinal anesthesia

Intervention

Spinal anesthesia

Outcome

Cardiac arrest (defined as requiring cardiac massage and/or epinephrine)safety

Limitations

Uncontrolled nature of the study
Information may have been incomplete or imprecisely recorded at the time events occurred

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Implication

Careful monitoring, correction of hypovolemia, and incremental dosing of spinal anesthesia are suggested to reduce the risk of cardiac arrest during hip surgery.

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Auroy et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a82b7be8ddd99b9b523a91b https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-200309000-00038

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Implication

Careful monitoring, correction of hypovolemia, and incremental dosing of spinal anesthesia are suggested to reduce the risk of cardiac arrest during hip surgery.

Can We Explain the High Incidence of Cardiac Arrest during Spinal Anesthesia for Hip Surgery?

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

Can We Explain the High Incidence of Cardiac Arrest during Spinal Anesthesia for Hip Surgery?

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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