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Cardiac arrhythmia during propofol sedation
Author(s) -
Douglas Robert J,
Cadogan Mike
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01126.x
Subject(s) - medicine , propofol , sedation , anesthesia , praise , fracture reduction , ventricular fibrillation , surgery , art , radiography , literature
Recent articles have described the increasing frequency of use of propofol as a sedating agent in the ED, and praise the safety profile of propofol when used in this manner. We describe a patient who developed torsade de pointes followed by ventricular fibrillation while undergoing propofol sedation for closed reduction of a mid‐shaft fracture of the tibia and fibula. Possible reasons for the event are discussed, and suggestions are made for areas of further research.