The efficacy of epinephrine test doses during spinal anesthesia in volunteers: Implications for combined spinal-epidural anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 780-783

  Liu, Spencer S ^a,b   Stevens, Rom A ^c   Vasquez, John ^c   Kao, Tzu Cheg ^d   Sheikh, Taqdees ^c   Aasen, Mark ^c   Frey, Kere ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030990269     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199704000-00015     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Felsby S, Juelsgaard P. Combined spinal and epidural anesthesia. Anesth Analg 1995;80:821-6.
2. Urmey WF, Stanton J, Peterson M, Sharrock NE. Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for outpatient surgery. Dose response characteristics of intrathecal isobaric lidocaine using a 27-gauge Whitacre spinal needle. Anesthesiology 1995;83:528-34.
3. Scott DB. Test doses in extradural block. Br J Anaesth 1988;61:129-30.
4. Carpenter RL, Caplan RA, Brown DL, et al. Incidence and risk factors for side effects of spinal anesthesia. Anesthesiology 1992;76:906-16.
5. Liu S, Paul GE, Carpenter RL, et al. Prolonged PR interval is a risk factor for bradycardia during spinal anesthesia. Reg Anesth 1995;20:41-4.
6. Liu SS. Hemodynamic responses to an epinephrine test dose in adults during epidural or combined epidural-general anesthesia. Anesth Analg 1996;83:97-101.
7. Guinard JP, Mulroy MF, Carpenter RL, Knopes KD. Test doses: optimal epinephrine content with and without acute beta-adrenergic blockade. Anesthesiology 1990;73:386-92.
8. Schoenwald PK, Whalley DG, Schluchter MD, et al. The hemodynamic responses to an intravenous test dose in vascular surgery patients. Anesth Analg 1995;80:864-8.
9. Stevens RA, Beardsley D, White JL, et al. Does spinal anesthesia result in a more complete sympathetic block than that from epidural anesthesia? Anesthesiology 1995;82:877-83.
10. Liu S, Chiu AA, Neal JM, et al. Oral clonidine prolongs lidocaine spinal anesthesia in human volunteers. Anesthesiology 1995;82:1353-9.
11. Critchley LA, Short TG, Gin T. Hypotension during subarachnoid anaesthesia: haemodynamic analysis of three treatments. Br J Anaesth 1994;72:151-5.
12. Chan VW, Chung F, Gomez M. Anesthetic and hemodynamic effects of single bolus versus incremental titration of hyperbaric spinal lidocaine through microcatheter. Anesth Analg 1994;79:117-23.
13. Stevens RA, Beardsley D, White JL, et al. Does the choice of local anesthetic affect the catecholamine response to stress during epidural anesthesia. Anesthesiology 1993;79:1219-26.
14. Chiu AA, Liu S, Carpenter RL, et al. Effects of epinephrine on lidocaine spinal anesthesia: a crossover study. Anesth Analg 1995;80:735-9.
15. Hogan QH, Brost R, Kulier A, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of cerebrospinal fluid volume and the influence of body habitus and abdominal pressure. Anesthesiology 1996;84:1341-9.
16. Hogan QH. Size of human lower thoracic and lumbosacral nerve roots. Anesthesiology 1996;85:37-42.
17. Guinard J-P, Mulroy MF, Carpenter RL. Aging reduces the reliability of epidural epinephrine test doses. Reg Anesth 1995;20:193-8.