HYPOTENSIVE SPINAL ANESTHESIA

Hypotensive Spinal Serotonergic Effect

Since previous data obtained in anesthetized rats supported the idea that the activation of spinal serotonergic receptors induced a hypotensive effect, it was decided to characterize more closely the serotonergic spinal involvement and to elucidate the serotonergic receptor type involved in this effect. After female Wistar rats were anesthetized, the femoral artery (for blood pressure measureme...

Hypotensive epidural anesthesia for total hip

Hypotensive epidural anesthesia provides arterial hypotension to maintain a mean arterial pressure of 50 mmHg and it can be used to reduce blood loss during total hip replacement. The technique combines an extensive epidural blockade with an intravenous infusion of low-dose epinephrine. This results in arterial hypotension, but with preservation of central venous pressure, heart rate, stroke vo...

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Hypotensive central infarction of the spinal cord.

A case of selective necrosis of the central grey matter of the caudal spinal cord secondary to severe prolonged hypotension is presented. The hypotension was due to localised dissection of the ascending aorta which did not interfere structurally with any of the spinal cord vasculature.

[YouTube as an information source of spinal anesthesia, epidural anesthesia and combined spinal and epidural anesthesia].

INTRODUCTION Social media as YouTube have become a part of daily life and many studies evaluated health-related YouTube videos. Our aim was to evaluate videos available on YouTube for the conformity to textbook information and their sufficiency as a source for patient information. MATERIAL AND METHOD A search of the YouTube website was performed using the keywords "spinal anesthesia, epidural...