Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31195983›Full record

ArticleBMC anesthesiology2019

Multiple asystole events in a patient undergoing total knee arthroplasty - a case report.

Anna-Maria Burgdorff, Lilit Flöther, David Wohlrab

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in BMC anesthesiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Anna-Maria BurgdorffDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany. anna-maria.burgdorff@uk-halle.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6113-4131
Lilit FlötherDepartment of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
David WohlrabDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUnexpected cardiac arrest in patients during surgery is associated with high mortality. Reasons are often multifactorial and unclear. CASE PRESENTATION: This case report describes a patient who developed reversible asystole during knee surgery under general anaesthesia. All diagnostic cardiac examinations were unremarkable. After surgery, the patient showed no further symptoms.

conclusionTo prevent cardiac arrest due to non-cardiac reasons, patients with a high risk for asystole caused by vasovagal reflex or by pain need to be identified. Preoperative conditions such as hypovolemia need to be improved prior to surgery, and additional monitoring should be used. Further investigations to determine the influence of non-cardiac disease and long-term medication are necessary.

Indexed as

AgedArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeFemaleHeart ArrestHumansRisk FactorsAsystoleBradycardiaCardiac arrestTotal knee arthroplasty

Identifiers

PMID31195983
PMCPMC6567902

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.