British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2003, Vol. 90, No. 6 804-807
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Case Reports |
Unusual presentation of long QT syndrome
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399, USA
Corresponding author. E-mail: cucchiaro@email.chop.edu
We describe the case of a 9-yr-old child with undiagnosed long QT syndrome who experienced an intraoperative cardiac arrest after accidental intravascular injection of bupivacaine with epinephrine via a misplaced epidural catheter.
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