Anaes SAQs · Neuraxial anaesthesia
Neuraxial complications — recognition and the emergency response
Final-viva question on neuraxial complications: sympathetic-block hypotension, post-dural puncture headache and its blood patch, the high or total spinal, the epidural haematoma and abscess with their anticoagulation-timing prevention and urgent-imaging-and-decompression emergency response, and the special case of the coagulopathic patient.
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Outline the common and the serious complications of neuraxial anaesthesia, and describe the prevention, the recognition and the structured emergency response for each.
Question
Outline the common and the serious complications of neuraxial anaesthesia, and describe the prevention, the recognition and the structured emergency response for each[2][5].
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- [1]Pynadath AD, Brunner AG Neuraxial Anesthesia in Severe Hemophilia A Using Extended Half-Life Factor VIII (Efanesoctocog Alfa): A Case Report. A&A Practice, 2026.PMID 42315164
- [2]Grace K, Schuster NM, Smith CC International Pain and Spine Intervention Society Emergency Protocols: Epidural Hematoma. Interv Pain Med, 2026.PMID 42306256
- [3]Kapan A, Iten C, Ulrich CT, Donnerstag F Persistent headache burden after surgical treatment of post-dural puncture headache: a cross-sectional study. Front Neurol, 2026.PMID 42266577
- [5]Xu BS, et al. Anesthetic complications of extensive spinal nerve block and total spinal anesthesia during percutaneous endoscopic spinal surgery under local anesthesia. Eur Spine J, 2026.PMID 42289523