Journal of anesthesia
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Journal of anesthesia · Mar 1998
Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for cesarean section; needle-through-needle approach.
The Portex "Spinal/Epidural Set" is designed for combined spinal-epidural (CSE) anesthesia by the needle-through-needle approach. We evaluated the technical and clinical usefulness of CSE with this needle set, and also isobaric tetracaine, for cesarean section. ⋯ CSE technique by the needle-through-needle approach is easy to handle, and provides a speedy, reliable, and flexible analgesia as well as postoperative pain relief for patients undergoing cesarean section.
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The purpose of this study was to confirm the changes in extra-aand intravascular fluid distribution during an i.v. influsion of hyperoncotic Dextran solution. ⋯ One-fourth to one-third of the plasma expanding effect of 6% Dextran 70 solution was ascribed to direct fluid drawing from the extravascular space, and the rest was due to both the decrease in plasma filtration into extravascular space and the increase in lymphatic restoration of EVW.