Open AccessEpidural Anesthesia and the Lateral Position
Author(s) -
Ernest M. Grundy,
Latchamsetty Nageswara Rao,
Alon P. Winnie
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/00000539-197801000-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , anesthetic , position (finance) , spinal anesthesia , regional anesthesia , body position , surgery , physical medicine and rehabilitation , economics , finance
The effect of the lateral position on the onset, maximum spread, and duration of anesthesia were observed using a standardized epidural anesthetic technic. Anesthesia appeared 2 minutes earlier on the dependent side, spread 2 spinal segments higher, and lasted 75 minutes longer. These results support the clinical practice of placing the patient in the lateral position with the operative side dependent for induction of epidural anesthesia.