Central nervous system toxicity in a patient receiving continuous intrapleural bupivacaine

Joel M. Kreitzer; Scott S. Reuben

doi:10.1016/S0952-8180(96)00176-6

Central nervous system toxicity in a patient receiving continuous intrapleural bupivacaine

Joel M. Kreitzer, Scott S. Reuben

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Abstract

A patient developed signs of central nervous system (CNS) toxicity during treatment of postthoracotomy pain with a continuous intrapleural bupivacaine infusion. This incident occurred after the patient's chest tube was clamped, without any decrease in the bupivacaine infusion rate. This is the first reported case of CNS toxicity in patient receiving a continuous intrapleural bupivacaine infusion. Possible etiologies of this complication are discussed, as are ways to avoid such a complication in the future.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	666-668
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
Volume	8
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0952-8180(96)00176-6
State	Published - Dec 1996

Keywords

Analgesia, postoperative
anesthetic technique
anesthetics, regional
bupivacaine
intrapleural

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Central nervous system toxicity in a patient receiving continuous intrapleural bupivacaine

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