Cardiovascular effects of spinal subarachnoid anaesthesia. A study in patients with chronic spinal cord injuries

Anaesthesia. 1985 Jun;40(6):533-6.

Abstract

Spinal anaesthesia using 1.2 ml of hyperbaric cinchocaine was found to abolish the autonomic hyper-reflexic cardiovascular responses to bladder distension and produced little alteration in cardiovascular measurements.

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, Spinal*
  • Autonomic Nervous System / physiopathology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Dibucaine / pharmacology
  • Hemodynamics / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Reflex, Abnormal / etiology
  • Reflex, Abnormal / physiopathology
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / complications
  • Spinal Cord Injuries / physiopathology*
  • Urinary Bladder / physiology

Substances

  • Dibucaine