Unexpected bronchospasm during spinal anesthesia |
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| Authors: | E K McGough J A Cohen |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville. |
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| Abstract: | Asthma and bronchospastic disease are common in patients presenting for anesthesia. Intraoperative bronchospasm can be a life-threatening problem. One approach to these patients is to use regional anesthesia because it is believed that this will reduce the complication rate. Presented here is a case of bronchospasm occurring during regional anesthesia that was unresponsive to beta agonists. The use of atropine in the treatment of bronchospasm also is discussed. |
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