• Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Jun 1998

    What's new in local anaesthetics for obstetric anaesthesia?

    • G O'Sullivan.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.
    • Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 1998 Jun 1; 11 (3): 259-63.

    AbstractDespite its efficacy, bupivacaine has never been considered to be the most suitable agent for achieving anaesthesia and analgesia in the obstetric patient. Ropivacaine is less cardiotoxic than bupivacaine and, at low concentrations, can produce analgesia with minimal motor block, attributes which make it potentially very suitable for use in obstetrics. However, further research is required to ultimately establish ropivacaine's place in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia. Levobupivacaine, the L isomer of bupivacaine, is of similar potency to bupivacaine but has the advantage of being significantly less cardiotoxic than racemic bupivacaine, which suggests that it might ultimately replace racemic bupivacaine in obstetric practice.

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