title: [Lidocaine with epinephrine effect on arterial tension of children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to determine the effect of the epinephrine-lidocaine anaesthetic solutions on blood pressure in healthy children subjected to short dentistry procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  we performed a prospective, observational and analytical study in 39 children with 7 and 8 years of age, who were subjected to dentistry treatment of short duration in a dentistry service. The blood pressure was measured in three times: previous to the infiltration of lidocaine to 2 % with epinephrine; 10 minutes later; at the end of procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the systolic blood pressure, like diastolic and the average increased after 10 minutes of the infiltration with the anesthetic-vasoconstrictor solution, but this difference was not significant (p = 0.39, 0.14 and 0.40). We observed an increase of the systolic (6.0 mm Hg, 95 % CI = 4.6-7.5, F = 14.0, p = 0.0001), diastolic (9.9 mm Hg, 95 % CI = 7.3-12.5; F = 26.0, p = 0.0001) and average arterial tension (7.3 mm Hg, 95 % IC = 5.8-8.8; F = 23, p = 0.0001) to the 10 minutes after the treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the use of the epinephrine-lidocaine anaesthetic solutions does not have significant effect on the blood pressure of children subjected to short dentistry procedures.
authors.affiliation: Estomatólogo pediatra, Hospital General de Salamanca, Secretaría de Salud, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aboites-Morales
authors.forename: Benigno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Linares-Segovia
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Covarrubias-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Estela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Núñez-Lemus
mesh_terms: D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D008012:Lidocaine; D004837:Epinephrine