title: Comparison of onset time between 0.5% bupivacaine and 3% 2-chloroprocaine with and without 75 micrograms fentanyl.
abstract: We tested the hypothesis that the addition of 75 micrograms fentanyl to 0.5% bupivacaine would reduce the onset time of surgical anesthesia for cesarean delivery to equal the onset time of 3% 2-chloroprocaine and would have no effect when added to 3% 2-chloroprocaine. Fentanyl was found to reduce the onset time of bupivacaine to equal the onset time of 2-chloroprocaine and have no effect when added to 2-chloroprocaine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Ransil
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oriol
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D005283:Fentanyl; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011343:Procaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D004338:Drug Combinations; D011343:Procaine; C004616:chloroprocaine; D005283:Fentanyl; D002045:Bupivacaine