Plasma catecholamine concentrations--changes after infiltration with local anaesthetic solutions and adrenaline during bat-ear surgery
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1988-06Author
Lew, JK
Mobley, KA
Achola, KJ
Smith, G
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Plasma catecholamine concentrations were measured in 12 patients who had bilateral bat-ear surgery following infiltration of each ear with 2 ml 2% lignocaine with adrenaline 1:100,000. Venous blood samples were withdrawn before and at set intervals after infiltration. Plasma adrenaline concentration increased from 0.8 pmol/ml to a peak of 2.2 pmol/ml at 2 minutes after infiltration; this is an increase of 175%. There was no significant change in plasma noradrenaline concentration.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3407876http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/32003
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Anaesthesia. 1988 Jun;43(6):490-2.Publisher
University of Nairobi, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10387]