Plasma levels of bupivacaine following inadvertent intravascular injection via a peridural catheter
Bachmann, B.; Biscoping, J.
Regional-Anaesthesie 8(1): 13-14
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0171-1946 PMID: 3975446 Document Number: 250645
A 57-yr-old woman, who suffered from an inadvertent intravascular injection of bupivacaine via a perforating epidural catheter is reported. At the end of the epidural injection she showed symptoms of toxicity caused by the local anesthetic. Venous blood dripping out of the epidural catheter and central venous blood were sampled simultaneously and analysis of plasma levels of bupivacaine were performed.