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Two young, healthy male patients experienced unanticipated delayed cardiac arrest following spinal anesthesia, both of whom were successfully resuscitated with timely cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Case Report (n=2)
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Spinal anesthesia can rarely cause unanticipated delayed cardiac arrest in young, healthy patients, highlighting the need for constant vigilance and prompt resuscitation.
Rare delayed arrest after spinal anesthesia in young patients warrants vigilance; case reports leave open incidence and mechanisms.
Cardiac arrest during anesthesia and perioperative period is a matter of grave concern for any anesthesiologist. But such mishaps have been reported for one reason or the other in the literary sciences. We are reporting the occurrence of unanticipated delayed cardiac arrest following spinal anesthesia in two young and healthy patients. Fortunately, these patients were successfully resuscitated with timely and appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitative measures. Occurrence of such cases needs timely reporting and exploring all the possible causes of these unusual and possibly avoidable events. The present case reports are an important addition to a series of recently published mishaps that occurred during spinal anesthesia in young and healthy patients.
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Bajwa et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Cardiac arrest under spinal anesthesia (n=2). Spinal anesthesia was evaluated on Cardiac arrest. Two young, healthy male patients experienced unanticipated delayed cardiac arrest following spinal anesthesia, both of whom were successfully resuscitated with timely cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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