Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2009
Clinical TrialExcretion of ropivacaine in breast milk during patient-controlled epidural analgesia after cesarean delivery.
Few studies have been published concerning the excretion of bupivacaine and lidocaine into the breast milk and none concerning ropivacaine. ⋯ The milk-plasma concentration ratio of ropivacaine was found to be lower than that reported for other local anesthetics It seems that PCEA with ropivacaine/fentanyl after cesarean delivery is not associated with excessive milk-plasma concentrations of ropivacaine.