Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2762806 | Journal of Clinical Anesthesia | 2011 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Sick sinus syndrome is caused by sinus node dysfunction that renders it unable to function as a pacemaker. Patients with sick sinus syndrome are often asymptomatic or have symptoms that are mild and nonspecific. Lidocaine (0.5 mg/kg) injection is used for reduction of pain associated with intravenous injection of propofol. Episodes of marked bradycardia with sinus arrest after prophylactic lidocaine injection are reported in a 69-y-old man with no apparent preoperative cardiac disease or electrocardiographic abnormality. Surgery was postponed, and he was later diagnosed with sick sinus syndrome.
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Authors
Kyoung Ok Kim, Seunghyun Chung, Kyoungjin Lee, Hun Cho,