Does the baricity of bupivacaine influence intrathecal spread in the prolonged sitting position before elective cesarean delivery? A prospective randomized controlled study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 811-817

  Loubert, Christian ^a   Hallworth, Stephen ^b   Fernando, Roshan ^a   Columb, Malachy ^c   Patel, Nisa ^a   Sarang, Kavita ^d   Sodhi, Vinnie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; BUPIVACAINE PLUS GLUCOSE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; HYPERBARIC BUPIVACAINE; HYPOBARIC BUPIVACAINE; ISOBARIC BUPIVACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DENSITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY NERVE; SITTING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SOLUTION BARICITY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053306795     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182288bf2     Document Type: Article

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