Sudden cardiac standstill during skin flap elevation in a patient undergoing craniotomy

J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2007 Jul;19(3):203-4. doi: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31804e45e8.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amlodipine / administration & dosage
  • Amlodipine / adverse effects
  • Anesthesia, General / methods
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antihypertensive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Atropine / therapeutic use
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Bradycardia / chemically induced
  • Bradycardia / drug therapy
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / administration & dosage
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / adverse effects
  • Craniotomy / adverse effects*
  • Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / chemically induced
  • Heart Arrest / drug therapy
  • Heart Arrest / physiopathology*
  • Heart Rate / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Losartan / administration & dosage
  • Reflex, Abnormal* / drug effects
  • Skin / innervation*
  • Surgical Flaps* / innervation
  • Trigeminal Nerve / drug effects
  • Trigeminal Nerve / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Amlodipine
  • Atropine
  • Losartan