Case Report

Labor Analgesia in Brugada Syndrome and the Importance of Contingency Planning

Table 1

Previous reports of central neuraxial anesthesia in parturients with Brugada syndrome, with the various medications and dosages used.

AuthorYear publishedCentral neuraxial techniqueMedications administeredDose

Kloesel [24]2011EpiduralSufentanil5 μg
1% 2-Chlorprocaine70 mg
Fentanyl-0.125% bupivacainen/a
Bupivacaine 0.125% (bolus)12.5 mg

Van de Knijff-van Dortmont [22]2016Epidural1 μg/mL Sufentanil-0.1% ropivacainen/a

Bramall [19]2016Spinal0.5% bupivacaine13.5 mg
Diamorphine400 μg

Dawe [25]2018Spinal0.5% bupivacaine12.5 mg
Diamorphine400 μg

Anaesthesia, (Abstracts) [26]2019SpinalBupivacaine1.5 mL
Diamorphine300 μg

Marques da Costa [27]2019Combined spinal-epidural0.75% ropivacaine13.5 mg
Sufentanil2.5 μg

Ranji [28]2020SpinalBupivacaine 0.75%10.5 mg
Fentanyl15 μg
Morphine150 μg

Sleipness [21]2020Combined2 μg/mL Fentanyl-0.125%n/a
Spinal-epiduralropivacaine

Denotes an unknown concentration of the listed medication.