Epinephrine and phenylephrine increase cardiorespiratory toxicity of intravenously administered bupivacaine in rats.
We studied the effects of epinephrine and phenylephrine on the cardiorespiratory toxicity of intravenously injected bupivacaine in Sprague-Dawley rats. Our data show that both epinephrine and phenylephrine significantly increased cardiorespiratory toxicity of intravenously injected bupivacaine (P less than 0.007, X2 analyses with Yates' correction). Our data suggest that epinephrine or phenylephrine added to bupivacaine may be more toxic to cardiorespiratory systems than plain bupivacaine or epinephrine alone or phenylephrine alone when injected intravenously in rats.
Kambam
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Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2125.
Kinney
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Matsuda
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Wright
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Holaday
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D000818:Animals; D001049:Apnea / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000633:toxicity*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000139:chemically induced*
D010656:Phenylephrine; D002045:Bupivacaine; D004837:Epinephrine