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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 32, 65-66, Copyright © 1985 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Cardiac Arrest Following Administration of Vancomycin

JAMES F. MAYHEW MD1 and STANLEY DEUTSCH PHD MD1

1 Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

Address correspondence to: Dr. James F. Mayhew, Department of Anesthesiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 804 Wolfe Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202

A two-year-old female child status post-bilateral nephrectomies sustained a cardiac arrest following the central intravenous administration of vancomycin chloride. This report reviews the literature concerning the problems associated with the use of vancomycin chloride in the perioperative period.

Key Words: COMPLICATIONS: cardiac arrest • ANTIBIOTICS: vancomycin






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