[Clinical aspects of spinal anesthesia administered using 0.5% isobar bupivacaine (Maracine) at the L2/L3 or L4/L5 level].
The effect of employing different interspaces for lumbar puncture during spinal anaesthesia was evaluated in 40 patients receiving 4 ml of 0.5% plain bupivacaine at level L2/L3 or L4/L5. No differences were observed in onset, spread or duration of analgesia. Furthermore, we found that only 80% of the patients, independently of the interspace used, had a cephalad spread to T8 and conclude that spinal anaesthesia using plain bupivacaine is not ideal for supraumbilical surgery.
Kristoffersen
E
E
Nielsen
T H
TH
Olsen
K H
KH
Daugaard
J
J
Dahl
J B
JB
Dørup
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D008875:Middle Aged
D002045:Bupivacaine
Kliniske aspekter af spinalanalgesi anlagt med 0.5% isobar bupivacain (Marcain) på L2/L3 versus L4/L5 niveau.