Cardiac Arrest after Connecting Negative Pressure to the Subgaleal Drain during Craniotomy Closure
Joint Authors
Yadav, Monu
Gopinath, R.
Kulkarni, Dilip Kumar
Nikhar, Sapna A.
Source
Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-05-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A one-year-old child operated on for arachnoid cyst in right frontoparietotemporal region had sudden bradycardia followed by cardiac arrest leading to death after connecting negative pressure to the subgaleal drain during craniotomy closure.
The surgical procedure was uneventful.
It is a common practice to place epidural or subgaleal drains connected to a vacuum system towards the end of craniotomy to prevent accumulation of intracranial and extracranial blood.
The phenomenon of bradycardia with hypotension is known to occur following negative pressure application to the epidural, epicranial, or subgaleal space after craniotomy closure.
However cardiac arrest as a complication of negative pressure suction drain in neurosurgical patients is not described in the literature.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yadav, Monu& Nikhar, Sapna A.& Kulkarni, Dilip Kumar& Gopinath, R.. 2014. Cardiac Arrest after Connecting Negative Pressure to the Subgaleal Drain during Craniotomy Closure. Case Reports in Anesthesiology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yadav, Monu…[et al.]. Cardiac Arrest after Connecting Negative Pressure to the Subgaleal Drain during Craniotomy Closure. Case Reports in Anesthesiology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Yadav, Monu& Nikhar, Sapna A.& Kulkarni, Dilip Kumar& Gopinath, R.. Cardiac Arrest after Connecting Negative Pressure to the Subgaleal Drain during Craniotomy Closure. Case Reports in Anesthesiology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-449453
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-449453