Treatment of tetanus-induced autonomic nervous system dysfunction with continuous epidural blockade
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 14 (3) , 251-252
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198603000-00018
Abstract
A patient with tetanus had a labile blood pressure caused by marked fluctuations in systemic vascular resistance. During hypotensive episodes, mixed venous oxygen saturation decreased below 60%. Hemodynamic instability was controlled after institution of a continuous lumbar epidural local anesthetic block.Keywords
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