• BMJ case reports · Aug 2014

    Case Reports

    Multiple territory watershed infarcts following spinal anaesthesia.

    • Tarig Mohammed Abkur, Mohamed Bakri Mohamed, and Catherine Peters.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
    • BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Aug 21; 2014.

    AbstractHypotension is one of the most common complications of spinal anaesthesia (SA). The intraoperative drop in the blood pressure is clearly associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In order to increase the awareness of this complication, we report a case of devastating stroke following an SA in a previously well woman with risk factors for vascular diseases. The patient developed multiple territory watershed infarcts and she eventually died from aspiration pneumonia 14 days after hospitalisation. The case highlights the risk of hypotension complicating SA.2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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