Anesthesia and analgesia
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 1980
Intravenous albumin administration for prevention of spinal hypotension during cesarean section.
Five percent albumin in Ringer's lactate with 5% dextrose solution (D5RL) (15 ml/kg) was prophylactically infused preanesthetically over 15 to 20 minutes to prevent hypotension during spinal anesthesia in 46 patients undergoing elective cesarean section. Apgar scores and the incidence and severity of hypotension were compared to results obtained in 41 patients who were given D5RL solution without albumin (15 ml/kg). ⋯ The Apgar scores, both at 1 minute and 5 minutes, were significantly higher (p < 0.01) in infants born of mothers given albumin than in infants whose mothers were given D5RL solution. Prophylactic administration of 5% albumin in D5RL solution is an effective method for prevention of spinal hypotension.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 1980
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialThiopental-nitrous oxide- halothane anesthesia and repeated succinylcholine: comparison of preoperative glycopyrrolate and atropine administration.
The effects of glycopyrrolate and atropine given prior to thiopental-N2O-halothane anesthesia on bradyarrhythmias associated with the administration of succinylcholine were studied and compared. Sixty healthy adult patients were allocated at random to one of three groups. ⋯ ECG monitoring was continuous, and serum K+ levels as well as PaO2 and paCO2 were repeatedly measured. In all three groups patients were adequately and equally protected against serious bradyarrhythmias following the second dose of succinylcholine by atropine and glycopyrrolate in the doses used.