• J Pak Med Assoc · Jun 2012

    Case Reports

    Immediate cardiac arrest after neostigmine administration.

    • Adnan Tüfek, Besir Yildirim, Orhan Tokgöz, Haktan Karaman, Feyzi Celik, and Ilker Ongüç Aycan.
    • Dicle University Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimasyon, Diyarbakir, Turkey. adnantufek@hotmail.com
    • J Pak Med Assoc. 2012 Jun 1;62(6):609-11.

    AbstractMany drugs used in anaesthesia have some potential fatal consequences; for example complete heart block and Q-Tc interval prolongation. Since the parasympathetic system in children is not fully developed, electrical transmission of the heart is not stable. Neostigmine is used in order to reverse neuromuscular block but it may also lead to prolongation of Q-Tc interval. We present a case of an 18-month-old male patient weighing 12kg subjected to a surgical operation because of congenital glaucoma. In order to reverse neuromuscular block at the end of operation, atropine and neostigmine were injected intravenously. However, cardiac arrest developed immediately after administration.

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