Asymptomatic sinus bradycardia in geriatric patients: Case Report

Journal Title: Journal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2

Abstract

Asymptomatic sinus bradycardia is most often encountered during preanaesthetic evaluation of geriatric group of patients as a result of degenerative changes of heart conducting tissues by process of ageing. Here we are presenting the perioperative management of sinus bradycardia in two elderly patients one undergoes general anaesthesia for exploratory laparotomy and other spinal anaesthesia for transurethral resection of prostate (TURP).

Authors and Affiliations

Mumtaz Hussain, Sanjeev Kumar, Rajnish Kumar, K. H. Raghwendra, Saurav Shekhar, Dipti Raj

Keywords

Related Articles

Acute bilateral cerbellar and brain stem infarction in the Territory of the medial branches of posterior inferior cerebellar arteries.

ABSTRACT We repot a rare case of acute bilateral cerebellar and brain stem infarction infarction confined to the territory of the medial branches of the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries.The diagnosis was based on c...

Intravenous glycopyrrolate for priapism following Spinal Anaesthesia in TURP

Abstract Priapism has been reported following spinal anaesthesia for urological procedures. It may pose a challenge to the urologist for any urethral intervention during the surgery. We present a case of occurrence of p...

Morphometric study of suprascapular notch in Dried Human Scapula

Abstract: Background Variation in the morphology of suprascapular notch is associated with suprascapular nerve entrapment neuropathy. So, the knowledge about different shapes of suprascapular notch is important for clin...

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF HAEMODYNAMIC AND CAPNOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY: PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL STUDY

Introduction The overall mortality following open cholecystectomy is very low but is followed by a higher morbidity, especially in elderly patients. After open cholecystectomy, there is post-operative impairment in pulmo...

Free Vascularized Fibular Graft for Treatment of Segmental Ulnar Bone Loss: A Case Report

Various methods, such as Illizarov bone transport, allogenic bone grafts, bone graft substitutes,vascularized bone transfers etc are available in treating segmental bone loss. Free vascularised fibular graft is an autogr...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP288905
  • DOI -
  • Views 69
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Mumtaz Hussain, Sanjeev Kumar, Rajnish Kumar, K. H. Raghwendra, Saurav Shekhar, Dipti Raj (2016). Asymptomatic sinus bradycardia in geriatric patients: Case Report. Journal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2(2), 47-49. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-288905