Open AccessEfficacy of Magnesium Sulphate as an Adjunct to Ropivacaine in Local Infiltration for Postoperative Pain Following Lower Segment Caesarean Section
Author(s) -
Sandeep Kundra,
Rupinder M Singh,
Gaganpreet Singh,
Tania Singh,
Vikrant Jarewal,
Sunil Katyal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17119.7683
Subject(s) - medicine , ropivacaine , anesthesia , lower segment caesarean section , perioperative , analgesic , infiltration (hvac) , surgery , heart rate , caesarean section , blood pressure , pregnancy , physics , biology , genetics , thermodynamics
Intravenous and peri-articular magnesium has been shown to reduce perioperative analgesic consumption. With this background, subcutaneous infiltration was hypothesized to potentiate the subcutaneous infiltration of local anaesthetic agent.