Revista española de anestesiología y reanimación
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Dec 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study[Intradural ropivacaine for cesarean section: choosing the appropriate dose].
The trend in spinal administration of local anesthetics is to use small doses. The aim of this study was to compare 2 minimum doses of ropivacaine administered by intradural infusion for cesarean section. ⋯ There was greater need for a supplementary dose of local anesthetic and a lower incidence of hypotension in the ROP 0.75% group. The level of anesthesia was satisfactory for all patients in the ROP 1% group but the incidence of hypotension was higher.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Dec 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study[Metabolic and immune response to spinal vs intravenous morphine for analgesia after radical prostatectomy].
To study differences between the endocrine-metabolic and immune cell responses to spinal or intravenous administration of morphine for analgesia after radical prostatectomy. ⋯ Patients who received morphine by spinal infusion had a less marked endocrine-metabolic response. Although local cell responses were similar in the 2 groups, the response in peripheral blood was different, possibly reflecting different mechanisms of central modulation of the inflammatory response to stress.