Is there an advantage in using low-dose intrathecal bupivacaine for cesarean section?

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-357

  Turhanoglu, Selim ^b   Kaya, Sedat ^a   Erdogan, Hulya ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analgesics, fentanyl; Anesthetic techniques, spinal; Cesarean section; Complication, hypotension; Local anesthetics, bupivacaine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CITRATE SODIUM; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMEDICATION; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 69049097246     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-009-0750-7     Document Type: Article

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