Abstract
Elderly patients have increased risk for perioperative mortality and morbidity due to additional comorbidities, such as cardiac diseases. Regional anaesthesia techniques are usually preferred in high-risk patients due to some advantages, such as the mainte- nance of cardiovascular stability and early postoperative mobilisa- tion. This case presents the anaesthetic approach in a 55-year-old male patient with low ejection fraction that underwent hip frac- ture surgery. In this present case, continuous spinal anaesthesia with low-dose hyperbaric bupivacaine provided safe and effective anaesthesia during surgery with minimal haemodynamic changes and adequate analgesia during the first 24 hours after surgery.
Translated title of the contribution | Continuous spinal anaesthesia for hip fracture surgery in a high-risk patient |
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Original language | Turkish |
Pages (from-to) | 55-57 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Emergency Medicine
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine