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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 39, 1067-1068, Copyright © 1992 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Wenckebach type heart block following spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section

BF Matta and P Magee
Sir Humphry Davy Department of Anaesthesia, Bristol Royal Infirmary.

A case is described of complete heart block during spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a fit 23 yr-old-woman. This developed shortly after the institution of the block, with the height of the block below T5 and in the absence of hypotension. The patient was resuscitated successfully with vagolytic and alpha-agonist drugs. A Wenckebach block persisted for a short period postoperatively. The importance of instituting monitoring before the beginning of anaesthesia and the immediate availability of atropine and alpha-agonists before the initiation of spinal anaesthesia is stressed.


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