Respiratory depression and difficult ventilation after inadvertent epidural administration of remifentanil

Anesth Analg. 2007 Apr;104(4):1004. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000258822.21787.db.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, Epidural*
  • Anesthetics, Combined / administration & dosage
  • Anesthetics, Combined / adverse effects*
  • Anesthetics, Intravenous / administration & dosage
  • Anesthetics, Intravenous / adverse effects*
  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Epinephrine / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Injections, Epidural
  • Laryngeal Masks
  • Lidocaine
  • Male
  • Medication Errors*
  • Middle Aged
  • Piperidines / administration & dosage
  • Piperidines / adverse effects*
  • Remifentanil
  • Respiration, Artificial*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / chemically induced*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Combined
  • Anesthetics, Intravenous
  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Piperidines
  • Lidocaine
  • Remifentanil
  • Epinephrine