• Can J Anaesth · Jul 1989

    Case Reports

    Severe hypotension from epidural meperidine in a high-risk patient after thoracotomy.

    • M Balaban and P Slinger.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
    • Can J Anaesth. 1989 Jul 1; 36 (4): 450-3.

    AbstractA sixty-eight-year-old female developed severe hypotension immediately after the administration of epidural meperidine for post-thoracotomy pain. Two preceding injections of epidural opiates had been uneventful. The cardiovascular collapse was difficult to reverse and may have contributed to the patient's subsequent death. Cardiovascular complications have not been reported frequently as a possible side effect of epidural opiate analgesia.

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