Hypothermia During Total Hip Arthroplasty with Combined Spinal-epidural Anesthesia

척추 경막외 병용 마취하에 인공 고관절 전치환술 중 발생한 저체온증

  • Kwak, In-Suk (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Kwang-Min (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, School of Medicine) ;
  • Chang, Jun-Dong (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University, School of Medicine)
  • 곽인숙 (한림대학교 의과대학 한강성심병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 김광민 (한림대학교 의과대학 한강성심병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 장준동 (한림대학교 의과대학 정형외과)
  • Published : 2009.06.30

Abstract

In operations of the lower extremities in elderly patients, regional anesthesia is preferred over general anesthesia because regional anesthesia is associated with less deep vein thromboses, pulmonary emboli, bleeding, transfusion volume, and can better control post-operative pain. During surgery, a drop in core temperature frequently occurs. In elderly patients, temperature control and compensatory abilities are physiologically impaired. During induction of regional anesthesia, such as spinal anesthesia, elderly patients often do not complain of coldness, despite the decrease in the core temperature. Also, problems associated with hypothermia can easily be overlooked because anesthesiologists are less concerned about measuring the body temperature of patients than they are during induction of general anesthesia. Because perioperative hypothermia can cause various complications, such as infection, bleeding, cardiac injury, and shivering, closer attention is necessary. We report a case of hypothermia that developed during total hip arthroplasty under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia.

인공 고관절 전치환수술은 하지수술로 부위마취가 선호되는데 이는 심부 정맥 혈전증, 폐색전증의 발생 빈도가 낮고 출혈 및 수혈양이 적고 술 후 통증조절이 용이한 장점을 가지고 있다. 수술동안 발생되는 저체온은 척추 경막외 병용 마취하에서 냉감각 둔화의 기전으로 발생될 수 있다. 부위마취 동안 특히 노인환자에서는 체온조절과 보상능력이 생리적으로 적어 흔히 일어날 수 있다. 술 후도 저체온이 진행된다면 감염, 출혈, 심장손상, 떨림 같은 현상이 발생되어 좋치 않은 결과를 낳을 수 있다. 수술 중 저체온증에 대해 마취의 및 외과의는 항상 주의와 각성이 필요하다고 볼 수 있다. 본 증례는 척추 경막외 병용마취 하 인공관절 치환술 중에 발생한 저체온을 경험하였기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.

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