Local anaesthesia of all parasternal intercostal spaces can prevent increases in heart rate and blood pressure during sternotomy.
Probst
S
S
Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospitals, Frankfurt/Main, West-Germany.
Vettermann
J
J
Dudziak
R
R
D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D005045:Etomidate; D005283:Fentanyl; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007367:Intercostal Nerves / Q000187:drug effects; D008619:Mepivacaine; D013249:Sternum / Q000294:innervation* / Q000601:surgery*; D013390:Succinylcholine; D013908:Thoracotomy
D008619:Mepivacaine; D013390:Succinylcholine; D005283:Fentanyl; D005045:Etomidate