Anaesthetic management of severe bradycardia during general anaesthesia using temporary cardiac pacing

Toprak V., Yentur A., Sakarya M.

British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol.89, no.4, pp.655-657, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 89 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/bja/aef240
  • Journal Name: British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.655-657
  • Keywords: complications, bradycardia, heart, arrhythmia, bradycardia, surgery, laryngoscopy
  • Manisa Celal Bayar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

There are few reports of management of severe bradycardia with temporary cardiac pacing. We describe a 65-yr-old female patient who developed bradycardia and hypotension on two occasions during general anaesthesia for laryngoscopy. The first episode was treated with atropine, ephedrine, and colloid infusion and the second with a temporary pacemaker and ephedrine.