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- Title
Cardiac Arrest Following Liposuction: A Case Report of Lidocaine Toxicity.
- Authors
Mrad, Sandra; El Tawil, Chady; Sukaiti, Waleed A.; Chebl, Ralph Bou; Dagher, Gilbert Abou; Kazzi, Ziad
- Abstract
We report a case of a patient presenting to the emergency department in cardiac arrest following a liposuction procedure, which was performed in a physician office using lidocaine anesthesia. During liposuction of the thighs, using the power-assisted technique, the patient was given a subcutaneous dose of lidocaine equal to 71 mg/kg without any noticeable intraoperative complication. Two hours later, the patient experienced dizziness, a rapid decline in mental status, tonic-clonic seizure, and cardiac arrest. he patient was successfully resuscitated in the emergency department with the return of spontaneous circulation ater 22 minutes of continuous advanced cardiovascular life support resuscitation. he patient sufered from subsequent severe hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, and a complicated hospital stay, including brain edema, electrolytes disturbances, and nosocomial infections contributed to her death two months later due to septic shock.
- Subjects
CARDIAC arrest; CEREBRAL anoxia; CEREBRAL edema; SEIZURES (Medicine); CROSS infection; DIZZINESS; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL emergency services; LIDOCAINE; LIPECTOMY; MENTAL illness; RESUSCITATION; SEPTIC shock; SPASMS; HYPODERMOCLYSIS
- Publication
Oman Medical Journal, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 4, p341
- ISSN
1999-768X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5001/omj.2019.66