Addition of lidocaine to levobupivacaine reduces intrathecal block duration: randomized controlled trial
Background: The duration of the spinal block is a concern for anesthetists. Low dose intrathecal lidocaine has vasodilatory effects and increases the local anesthetic clearance from the intrathecal space. The aim was to investigate whether this effect of lidocaine can be used to increase the resolut...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001413001383 |