Open AccessObstetrical Paracervical block with Chloroprocaine or Bupivacaine
Author(s) -
Belfrage Patrick,
Floberg Jan
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348309155800
Subject(s) - medicine , paracervical block , bupivacaine , anesthesia , block (permutation group theory) , obstetrics , lidocaine , geometry , mathematics
Abstract. Obstetrical paracervical block was randomly administered to 47 patients, using either 2% chloroprocaine or 0.25% bupivacaine. Analgesia and onset of analgesia were similar for both drugs, but the duration of chloroprocaine was only about half that of bupivacaine (35 min versus 66 min). Fetal bradycardia was encountered in one case after chloroprocaine and in two cases after bupivacaine. It is concluded that chloroprocaine plain is not very suitable for obstetrical paracervical block due to its short duration of action.