Postoperative methemoglobinemia following infiltrative lidocaine administration for combined anesthesia in pediatric craniofacial surgery

Paediatric Anaesthesia
Christoph NeuhaeuserMatthias Heckmann

Abstract

Infiltrative anesthesia of the scalp with lidocaine was used in an attempt to reduce blood loss and anesthetic requirements during pediatric craniofacial surgery. Lidocaine, however, has the potential to cause methemoglobinemia. In this retrospective cohort-study we analyzed the incidence and effects of postoperative methemoglobinemia following subcutaneous lidocaine administration. During 1999-2006, 50 infants (age: 3-31 months) undergoing elective craniofacial surgery were analyzed. All infants received general anesthesia and routine monitoring, including invasive arterial blood pressure measurement. Prior to incision, the scalp was infiltrated with 6-15 ml lidocaine 1% (with epinephrine 1 : 200.000). Blood loss and blood transfusions were recorded. Methemoglobin (Met-Hb) levels were determined postoperatively using co-oximetry. Twenty percent of the operated infants showed elevated Met-Hb levels (median of maximal levels: 6%; range: 2.2-18%) at admission on the PICU. In 80% of these methemoglobinemia resolved spontaneously within 12 h, only two children received methylene blue because of visible cyanosis. The intra- and postoperative course was otherwise uneventful in all the children despite significant total blood loss (me...Continue Reading

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