Cardiac arrest after induction of anesthesia in neurosurgical patients

Lubnin A.Yu.; Israelyan L.A.; Shimanskiĭ V.N.; Odamanov D.A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/neiro201579375-84

Lubnin A.Yu.

Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region, Moscow, Russia, N.N. Burdenko Research Institute of Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia

RSCI AuthorID: 370609
Scopus AuthorID: 57192157123
ORCID: 0000-0003-2595-5877

Israelyan L.A.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Shimanskiĭ V.N.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Odamanov D.A.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Cardiac arrest after induction of anesthesia in neurosurgical patients

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Lubnin A.Yu., Israelyan L.A., Shimanskiĭ V.N., Odamanov D.A.

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Journal: Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2015;79(3): 75‑84

DOI: 10.17116/neiro201579375-84

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Lubnin AYu, Israelyan LA, Shimanskiĭ VN, Odamanov DA. Cardiac arrest after induction of anesthesia in neurosurgical patients. Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2015;79(3):75‑84. (In Russ., In Engl.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/neiro201579375-84

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Abstract:

The paper reports two clinical cases observed with a time lag of four years. In both cases, there were severe clinical symptoms of intracranial hypertension before the surgery. Prompt full-scale resuscitation was required in both cases due to asystole that developed immediately after induction of anesthesia and tracheal intubation. In one case, cardiac activity was successfully recovered by complex resuscitation with the emergency drainage of the cerebral ventricles. The possible causes of complications and preventive measures were discussed.

Keywords:

intracranial hypertension

anesthesia

cardiac arrest

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Lubnin A.Yu.

RSCI AuthorID: 370609
Scopus AuthorID: 57192157123
ORCID: 0000-0003-2595-5877

Israelyan L.A.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Shimanskiĭ V.N.

NII neĭrokhirurgii im. akad. N.N. Burdenko RAMN, Moskva

Odamanov D.A.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia

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