Local Anesthetic Toxicity Following Infusion of Lidocaine for Postoperative Ventricular Tachycardia in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Jun;35(6):1833-1838. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.11.040. Epub 2020 Nov 25.

Authors

Daniel J Katz¹, Eric Feduska², Brandi N Thoma³, Jordan E Goldhammer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Anesthesiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Department of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

PMID: 33342735
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.11.040

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac surgery; Intensive care unit; LAST; Lidocaine Toxicity; Local anesthetic systemic toxicity; Seizure; Ventricular Tachycardia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anesthetics, Local / adverse effects
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Lidocaine* / adverse effects
Tachycardia, Ventricular* / chemically induced
Tachycardia, Ventricular* / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ventricular* / drug therapy

Substances

Anesthetics, Local
Lidocaine