5 - ULTRASOUND-GUIDED STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK WITH LIPOSOME BUPIVACAINE FOR DEADLY VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA: A CASE REPORT

Intro: Ventricular Fibrillation storm is a tough disorder to treat. Treatment for this has been surgical disruption of the autonomic worried system, epidurals, paravertebrals, and stellate ganglion blocks.1,2 Liposome bupivacaine (a long acting regional anesthetic shown to provide up to 72 hours of analgesia) has actually been used in stellate ganglion blocks for treatment of refractory headaches and complicated local discomfort syndrome however not yet for treatment of electrical storm. Conclusion: This medically difficult case shows the possibility of utilizing an ultrasound guided left stellate ganglion block with liposome bupivacaine to provide an extended duration of sympathectomy in patients in electrical storm.1.

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