| Literature DB >> 27366466 |
Mehmet Aksoy1, Mehmet Çömez2, İlker İnce1, Ali Ahıskalıoğlu1, Mesut Mısırlıoğlu3.
Abstract
Elderly patients have increased risk for perioperative mortality and morbidity due to additional comorbidities, such as cardiac diseases. Regional anaesthesia techniques are usually preferred in high-risk patients due to some advantages, such as the maintenance of cardiovascular stability and early postoperative mobilisation. This case presents the anaesthetic approach in a 55-year-old male patient with low ejection fraction that underwent hip fracture surgery. In this present case, continuous spinal anaesthesia with low-dose hyperbaric bupivacaine provided safe and effective anaesthesia during surgery with minimal haemodynamic changes and adequate analgesia during the first 24 hours after surgery.Entities:
Keywords: Continuous spinal anaesthesia; high-risk patient; hip fracture; surgery
Year: 2014 PMID: 27366466 PMCID: PMC4917127 DOI: 10.5152/TJAR.2014.14227
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim ISSN: 2149-276X