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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 45, 880-883, Copyright © 1998 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Respiratory arrest following intrathecal injection of sufentanil and bupivacaine in a parturient

S Katsiris, S Williams, BL Leighton and S Halpern
Department of Anaesthesia, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PURPOSE: To present a case of respiratory arrest following the use of intrathecal sufentanil and bupivacaine for combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia in a healthy labouring parturient. CLINICAL FEATURES: A 20-yr-old term parturient received 10 micrograms sufentanil and 2.5 mg bupivacaine intrathecally as part of a combined spinal-epidural technique for labour analgesia. She had received no previous analgesics. Twenty-three minutes after the intrathecal injection she became unresponsive and suffered a respiratory arrest. Resuscitation included manual bag/mask ventilation with oxygen and intravenous naloxone. CONCLUSION: Respiratory arrest is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication associated with the use of intrathecal opioids for labour analgesia. Vigilance in post-procedure patient monitoring is imperative.


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