COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF AIR OR SALINE TO IDENTIFY THE EXTRADURAL SPACE

Fifty women in labour were allocated randomly to receive either air or saline to assist in the identification of the extradural space by the loss of resistance technique. A study volume of 4 ml of air or saline was used before 0.5% bupivacaine 8 ml and the spread of analgesia was followed for 30 min...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of anaesthesia : BJA 1991-02, Vol.66 (2), p.224-227
Hauptverfasser: VALENTINE, S.J., JARVIS, A.P., SHUTT, L.E.
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Zusammenfassung:Fifty women in labour were allocated randomly to receive either air or saline to assist in the identification of the extradural space by the loss of resistance technique. A study volume of 4 ml of air or saline was used before 0.5% bupivacaine 8 ml and the spread of analgesia was followed for 30 min. The first segment blocked, time of onset, number of blocked segments and height of block were comparable in the two groups. At 30 min, there were eight patients with an unblocked segment in the air group, compared with two in the saline group (P < 0.01). All unblocked segments were blocked subsequently by further doses of bupivacaine. We conclude that air is more likely than saline to produce unblocked segments in the initiation of extradural analgesia in labour.
ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1093/bja/66.2.224