Inadvertent hypothermia causes pulseless electrical activity in a patient during cervical spine surgery - A case report

H. L. Lee; C. M. Lin; J. C. Hsu; S. J. Hwang; C. Y. Yang; C. Y. Wu; P. W. Lui

Inadvertent hypothermia causes pulseless electrical activity in a patient during cervical spine surgery - A case report

H. L. Lee, C. M. Lin, J. C. Hsu, S. J. Hwang, C. Y. Yang, C. Y. Wu, P. W. Lui^*

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Abstract

Recent studies have shown that hypothermia triples the incidence of major cardiac events. We present a happening in which a 71-year-old patient developed pulseless electrical activity (PEA) while he was undergoing cervical laminectomy for spinal stenosis in the sitting position. Thromboembolism or venous air embolism and acute myocardial infarction were respectively excluded by transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac enzymes analysis to be the causes of the cardiac event. The abnormal finding that stood out was low nasopharyngeal temperature (31°C) during the procedure, which was thought to contribute to the development of the PEA episode.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-148
Number of pages	4
Journal	Ma zui xue za zhi = Anaesthesiologica Sinica
Volume	39
Issue number	3
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Heart arrest
Hypothermia
Intraoperative complication

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Inadvertent hypothermia causes pulseless electrical activity in a patient during cervical spine surgery - A case report

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