Hypertonic saline prehydration in patients undergoing transurethral resection of the prostate under spinal anaesthesia
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- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 72 (2) , 227-228
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/72.2.227
Abstract
Thirty-three patients undergoing elective transurethral resection of the prostate were allocated randomly to receive either 0.9% isotonic saline 7 ml kg−1 (16 patients), or 3% hypertonic saline 7 ml kg−1 (17 patients) as a preload before spinal anaesthesia. After spinal anaesthesia, the incidence of systolic arterial pressure < 75% of control value was greater in the normal saline group than in the hypertonic saline group. Also, the mean dose of phenylephrine required to maintain arterial pressure > 75% of the baseline value was significantly greater in the normal saline group than in the hypertonic saline group.Keywords
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