CARDIAC ARREST FOLLOWING THE NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE REVERSAL WITH NEOSTIGMINE AND ATROPINE

Abstract

Neostigmine and atropine are routinely used during anaesthesia for the reversal of
neuromuscular blockade. Administration of this mixture is occasionally associated with various cardiac
arrhythmias and rarely cardiac arrest. A case of cardiac arrest following the administration of neostigmine and
atropine is described, which was detected in time and managed successfully.