HYPOTENSION AFTER INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK DURING THORACOTOMY UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA

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1 May 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 53 (5) , 527-529
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/53.5.527

Abstract

Intercostal nerve block during thoracotomy under general anaesthesia resulted in hypotension and a decrease in heart rate in five of 30 blocks performed. We attribute this to paravertebral spread of the local anaesthetic drug affecting sympathetic nerve fibres.

Keywords

HYPOTENSION
ANESTHESIA
GENERAL
THORACOTOMY
LOCAL ANESTHETIC INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK
SYMPATHETIC NERVE
LOCAL
ANESTHETICS
HEART RATE

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POSTERIOR INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK FOR PAIN RELIEF AFTER CHOLECYSTECTOMY
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1980