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holy crap something that catastropic could have been local anesthetic overdose or malignant hyperthermia regardless that really sucks i cant imagine loosing a loved one so young esp this time of year

yea usually can rescue with LMA, glidescope or fiberoptic being a shoulder surgery, this case was likely with sedation with a regional nerve block he was likely in a sitting position so he probly had an air embolism is what i would suspect but who knows and what we always have to remember is...

typically means there was an intraop issue most likely they lost the airway or had issues with hypotension thats the most common issues with younger people but since its a shoulder surgery he could have had an interscalenene block and had a pneumothorax also so could be many things but most...