Journal of anesthesia
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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 2011
Letter Case ReportsPostdural puncture headache following acupuncture.
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Epidural administration of local anesthetics or opioid during general anesthesia is a widespread method for postoperative analgesia. Despite the availability of this technique, inadvertent administration of nonepidural medications into the epidural space can be associated with serious neurological complications. We report a case of accidental epidural rocuronium injection.
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Journal of anesthesia · Oct 2011
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effect of patient-controlled intravenous analgesia on postoperative hypokalemia in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
We investigated whether hypokalemia developed during the postoperative period and whether the use of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) could decrease the incidence of postoperative hypokalemia in patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ⋯ The results show that hypokalemia developed during the perioperative period and the use of IV-PCA in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy effectively decreased the degree and incidence of postoperative hypokalemia on the day of the operation and postoperative day one.