Injeção intravascular acidental de ropivacaína a 0,5% durante a realização de anestesia peridural torácica: relato de casos

Fábio Geraldo Curtis; Robson Furlani; Yara Marcondes Machado Castiglia

doi:10.1590/S0034-70942004000600009

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Injeção intravascular acidental de ropivacaína a 0,5% durante a realização de anestesia peridural torácica: relato de casos

Accidental intravascular injection of 0.5% ropivacaine during thoracic epidural anesthesia: case reports

Fábio Geraldo Curtis; Robson Furlani; Yara Marcondes Machado Castiglia

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-70942004000600009 Braz J Anesthesiol, vol.54, n6, p.802-808, 2004

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JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A ropivacaína foi introduzida na prática clínica há pouco mais de dez anos, associando-se a baixo risco de complicações do sistema nervoso central e cardiovascular. O objetivo destes relatos é apresentar um caso de parada cardíaca e outro de toxicidade neurológica, após injeção intravascular acidental da ropivacaína, durante a realização de anestesias peridurais. RELATO DOS CASOS: Trata-se de duas pacientes submetidas a cirurgias plásticas estéticas sob anestesia peridural torácica com ropivacaína a 0,5%. Durante a realização da técnica, uma delas apresentou parada cardíaca em assistolia e a outra, toxicidade neurológica. Prontamente atendidas, ambas apresentaram rápida recuperação, tendo sido possível a realização dos respectivos atos cirúrgicos. CONCLUSÕES: O reconhecimento e o tratamento rápidos da injeção intravascular acidental, bem como as características farmacológicas da ropivacaína foram decisivos, em ambos os casos, na boa recuperação das pacientes.

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ANESTÉSICOS, ANESTÉSICOS, COMPLICAÇÕES, TÉCNICAS ANESTÉSICAS, TÉCNICAS ANESTÉSICAS

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Ropivacaine was introduced in the clinical practice a little more than 10 years ago, and has been associated to low risk for central nervous system and cardiovascular complications. These reports aimed at presenting a case of cardiac arrest and another one of neurological toxicity after accidental intravascular ropivacaine injection during epidural anesthesia. CASE REPORTS: Two patients undergoing cosmetic plastic surgeries were submitted to thoracic epidural anesthesia with 0.5% ropivacaine. After anesthetic injection, one has presented cardiac arrest in asystole and the other had signs of neurological toxicity. Patients were promptly treated and presented fast recovery, in a way that both surgical procedures could be performed. CONCLUSIONS: The prompt Identification and treatment of the accidental intravascular injection, as well as ropivacaine pharmacological profile, were decisive in both cases for the satisfactory recovery of our patients.

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ANESTHETICS, ANESTHETICS, ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES, ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES, COMPLICATIONS

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Injeção intravascular acidental de ropivacaína a 0,5% durante a realização de anestesia peridural torácica: relato de casos

Accidental intravascular injection of 0.5% ropivacaine during thoracic epidural anesthesia: case reports

Fábio Geraldo Curtis; Robson Furlani; Yara Marcondes Machado Castiglia

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