Open AccessCombined spinal epidural and epidural volume extension: Interaction of patient position and hyperbaric bupivacaine
Author(s) -
Asha Tyagi,
Ashwani Kumar,
Gautam Girotra,
Ankur Sethi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.86577
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , sitting , bupivacaine , fentanyl , saline , epidural space , epidural block , intrathecal , block (permutation group theory) , surgery , mathematics , geometry , pathology
Previous trials have documented failure of block augmentation with epidural volume extension, when applied after the intrathecal injection of hyperbaric bupivacaine was made in sitting position. However, there is no study comparing the effect of change in patient position during block performance, on the results of epidural volume extension.