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Pai RV, Hegde HV, Santosh MC, et al. Bronchospasm following supraclavicular brachial plexus block. Anesth Essays Res. 2011;5(2):211-3doi: 10.4103/0259-1162.94784.
Pai, R. V., Hegde, H. V., Santosh, M. C., & Roopa, S. (2011). Bronchospasm following supraclavicular brachial plexus block. Anesthesia, essays and researches, 5(2), 211-3. https://doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.94784
Pai, Rohini V Bhat, et al. "Bronchospasm following supraclavicular brachial plexus block." Anesthesia, essays and researches vol. 5,2 (2011): 211-3. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.94784
Pai RV, Hegde HV, Santosh MC, Roopa S. Bronchospasm following supraclavicular brachial plexus block. Anesth Essays Res. 2011 Jul-Dec;5(2):211-3. doi: 10.4103/0259-1162.94784. PMID: 25885392; PMCID: PMC4173411.
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Anesth Essays Res. 2011 Jul-Dec;5(2):211-3. doi: 10.4103/0259-1162.94784.

Bronchospasm following supraclavicular brachial plexus block.

Anesthesia, essays and researches

Rohini V Bhat Pai, Harihar V Hegde, M C B Santosh, S Roopa

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

PMID: 25885392 PMCID: PMC4173411 DOI: 10.4103/0259-1162.94784

Abstract

Supraclavicular brachial plexus block is commonly performed for upper limb surgeries. In patients with compromised respiratory function or in the elderly it may be preferred over general anaesthesia. Bronchospasm, albeit a rare complication of this procedure, may turn the advantages of regional anaesthesia in these patients into a disadvantage. Bronchospasm following interscalene approach has been previously reported. However, the same following the supraclavicular approach has not yet been reported. A 70-year-old woman presented with cellulitis of the left upper limb. A successful left brachial plexus block was performed uneventfully via the supraclavicular approach for an emergency debridement. She developed bronchospasm in the post-operative care unit (1 hour after the performance of the block) which responded to the standard treatment and rest of her hospital stay was uneventful. Awareness of possibility of this less known complication is necessary, especially in patients of compromised respiratory function to initiate prompt treatment and avoid further complications.

Keywords: Anaesthesia; bronchial spasm; complications; regional

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