Neurological complications following the use of continuous extradural analgesia with bupivacaine
| Autor: | N.M. Dunne, W.J. Kox |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Bupivacaine
Anesthesia Epidural Male medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Local anesthetic medicine.drug_class Pain management Middle Aged Surgery Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Drug concentration Plasma drug concentration Anesthesia Plasma concentration Toxicity medicine Encephalitis Humans Cerebral irritation business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | British journal of anaesthesia. 66(5) |
| ISSN: | 0007-0912 |
| Popis: | We describe a patient in whom continuous extradural analgesia with bupivacaine resulted in toxic plasma concentrations causing severe cerebral irritation. We discuss recent studies using continuous extradural bupivacaine, reports of toxicity and comment on the importance of monitoring drug concentrations. |
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