Cardiac arrest after interscalene brachial plexus block in the sitting position for shoulder arthroscopy: a case report
Turker, Gürkan.; Demirag, B.; Ozturk, C.; Uckunkaya, N.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica 70(1): 84-86
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6462 PMID: 15055325 Document Number: 568677
The authors report a case of cardiac arrest following interscalene brachial plexus block in the sitting position for shoulder arthroscopy. The cardiac arrest occurred 45 minutes after interscalene brachial plexus block. It seems that it resulted from the activation of Bezold-Jarisch's reflex and a related vasovagal syncope.