Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. Supplementum
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl · Jan 1975
Comparative Study Clinical TrialAxillary plexus block with etidocaine.
Axillary plexus block has been used to compare 0.5% and 1.0% etidocaine (with adrenaline 5 mug/ml) in 32 patients in an open label study. The injected volume was 30 ml. The time to total analgesia and motor block was around 10-12 minutes. ⋯ The time from injection to return of total sensation and motility was 8.5-10 hours. Adequate analgesia was achieved in all patients but two (one in each group). No noteworthy differences were found between the two solutions.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl · Jan 1975
Comparative Study Clinical TrialEtidocaine in intercostal nerve block for pain relief after thoracotomy; a comparison with bupivacaine.
For pain relief after thoracotomy, intercostal nerve block with etidocaine 1% and bupivacaine 0.5%, both containing adrenaline 5 mug/ml, was used. Duration of skin analgesia for sharp pain was around 11 hours for both solutions. Post-operative pain was noted 6 and 5 hours after injection for etidocaine and bupivacaine respectively. ⋯ Arterial and venous blood levels of the local anaesthetics were low and no signs of toxicity were noted. All patients experienced a certain pain relief from the blocks. Because of shoulder pain in some patients intercostal nerve block alone does not seem to be a perfect post-operative method for pain relief after thoracotomies.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl · Jan 1975
Comparative Study Clinical TrialSupraclavicular brachial plexus block with etidocaine without vasoconstrictor. Preliminary report.
When used for supraclavicular brachial plexus blocks, etidocaine 1% gave a quick and sufficient onset. Its duration was longer than that of mepivacaine 2%, and equal to that of bupivacaine 0.5%. ⋯ The long-acting agents showed great variations in duration, and they all had longer regression times than mepivacaine. No serious pharmacological side-effects were observed during this study, and so far there are no reports on neurological sequelae.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand Suppl · Jan 1975
Comparative Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialA double-blind comparison of single doses of etidocaine 1 % and bupivacaine 0.5 % during continuous lumbar epidural block in obstetrics.
A double-blind investigation of some of the effects of etidocaine 1 % and bupivacaine 0.5 % was undertaken in patients in established labour. The results showed that the duration of bupivacaine was significantly longer than that of etidocaine, while the number of patients with good analgesia was equal in both groups. Motor blockade was less obvious in those patients receiving bupivacaine, but in neither group was this a finding of importance. At 5 minutes the Apgar scores of neonates from both groups were similar and any differences seen at 1 minute may be attributable to factors other than the drugs on trial.