Prophylactic intramuscular ephedrine reduces the incidence of hypotension after subarachnoid block in the elderly;Prevention de'lhypotension arterielle au cours de larachianestheside par l'ephedrine intramusculaire chez la personne agee

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 483-487

  Di Roio, C ^a   Vedrinne J M ^a   Hoen, J P ^a   Magnin, C ^a   Lansiaux, S ^a   Bel, J C ^a   Motin, J ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

BupivacaineEphedrine; Hypotension; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; HYDROXYZINE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEMODYNAMICS; NERVE BLOCK; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPHEDRINE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031310727     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0750-7658(97)83341-2     Document Type: Article

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