Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialComparison of racemic bupivacaine, ropivacaine, and levo-bupivacaine for pediatric caudal anesthesia: effects on postoperative analgesia and motor block.
To compare ropivacaine, levo-bupivacaine, and racemic bupivacaine for caudal blockade in children. ⋯ All 3 investigated local anesthetics were found to be clinically comparable despite the slight reduction of early postoperative motor block associated with the use of ropivacaine.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2002
Case ReportsPatient-controlled epidural analgesia for labor and delivery in a parturient with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.
The anesthetic management of labor and delivery in patients with any form of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is not well defined. Using patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA), or epidural analgesia, in such a rare clinical situation has not been previously reported. ⋯ PCEA had no apparent detrimental affect on the patient's disease and may be a reasonable option for patients with CIDP presenting for labor and delivery.