Effect of cooled hyperbaric bupivacaine on unilateral spinal anesthesia success rate and hemodynamic complications in inguinal hernia surgery


Tomak Y., ERDIVANLI B., SEN A., BOSTAN H., BUDAK E. T., Pergel A.

JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA, vol.30, no.1, pp.26-30, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00540-015-2081-1
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.26-30
  • Keywords: Unilateral spinal anesthesia, Bupivacaine, Temperature, OUTPATIENT KNEE ARTHROSCOPY, TEMPERATURE, 0.5-PERCENT, INJECTION, NEEDLE, BLOCK, LEVOBUPIVACAINE, ROPIVACAINE, SPREAD, SPEED
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We hypothesized that cooling hyperbaric bupivacaine from 23 to 5 A degrees C may limit the intrathecal spread of bupivacaine and therefore increase the success rate of unilateral spinal anesthesia and decrease the rate of hemodynamic complications.