
Episode 229: Keywords Part 19: Epidurals
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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The Earliest Signs Are Going to Be the Least Concerning Things
A 75 year old female with ovarian cancer is scheduled for a total abdominal historectime bilateral salpingo oo parrectim and tumor debulking. A test dose of one point five % lidicane with one to 200 thousand epineferin is injected through the epiderala catheder. 30 seconds later, the patient became agitated and complained of light headedness, tenitus and feeling faint. The most likely diagnosis is a local anaesthetic toxicity.
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