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Highlights the importance of prompt intervention and careful monitoring to achieve successful resuscitation in prolonged cardiac arrest following spinal anesthesia.
Sudden cardiac arrest following spinal anesthesia is a relatively common and often fatal complication. Careful patient selection, appropriate dosing of the local anesthetic, volume loading, close monitoring and prompt intervention at the first sign of cardiovascular instability should improve outcomes.
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