A Spinal Anæsthetic with Long Duration of Action

IT is often desirable to deliver pregnant sheep by Caesarean section under epidural or spinal anæsthesia so that the respiratory and cardiovascular functions of the new-born lamb will not be depressed by a general anæsthetic. A single injection of the local anæsthetics at present available is someti...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1963-04, Vol.198 (4878), p.390-390
Main Author: DAVIES, F. GLYN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Local
Anesthesia, Spinal
Anesthesiology
Anesthetics
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
letter
multidisciplinary
Old Medline
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Time Factors
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Summary:IT is often desirable to deliver pregnant sheep by Caesarean section under epidural or spinal anæsthesia so that the respiratory and cardiovascular functions of the new-born lamb will not be depressed by a general anæsthetic. A single injection of the local anæsthetics at present available is sometimes not enough to provide anæsthesia of sufficient duration for experimental purposes. A new local anæsthetic, 2(2,6 dichlorophenoxy) ethyl dimethylamine hydrobromide ( SK and F 90,054) 1 has proved to have a substantially longer duration of action.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/198390a0