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[Remifentanil: postoperative respiratory depression after purging of the infusion line]
D Fourel1, L Almanza, J P Aubouin
1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre, Brest Naval, France.
Abstract:
We report a case of postoperative apnoea in the recovery room, 25 minutes after tracheal extubation, in a fully awake patient. This event occurred after flushing of an obstructed IV line into which remifentanil had been injected through a 3-way stopcock during anaesthesia. The means for prevention of such an adverse event are discussed.