Unintentional arterial catheterization and bupivacaine toxicity associated with continuous interscalene brachial plexus block

Anesthesiology. 1991 Aug;75(2):356-8. doi: 10.1097/00000542-199108000-00026.

Authors

M K Tuominen¹, P Pere, P H Rosenberg

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Surgical Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.

PMID: 1859023
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199108000-00026

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brachial Plexus*
Bupivacaine / adverse effects*
Bupivacaine / blood
Catheterization, Peripheral / adverse effects*
Coma / etiology
Equipment Failure
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nerve Block*

Substances

Bupivacaine