MATERNAL AND NEONATAL RESPONSES TO ALFENTANIL ADMINISTERED BEFORE INDUCTION OF GENERAL ANAESTHESIA FOR CAESAREAN SECTION
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- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 59 (11) , 1392-1396
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/59.11.1392
Abstract
The cardiovascular response to tracheal intubation was compared in two groups of patients undergoing elective Caesarean section. Both groups received a standard technique of general anaesthesia. One of the groups received alfentanil 10 μg kg−1 1 min before induction of anaesthesia, the other acted as a control group. In the alfentanil group there was a significant modification of the cardiovascular response to intubation as compared with the control group (P < 0.01). No adverse effect on the neonate was seen. However, a significant increase in the incidence of postoperative nausea occurred in mothers in the alfentanil group (P < 0.05).Keywords
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