Why the study?
Does acute sympathetic denervation via cervical or lumbar epidural anesthesia affect baroreflex control of heart rate in lightly anesthetized humans?
Population
56 lightly anesthetized humans
Comparison
Cervical epidural anesthesia or lumbar epidural… vs No epidural block
Design
Other
Authors
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Cervical epidural may blunt baroreflex sensitivity; leaves open hemodynamic consequences and requires prospective validation.
Does acute sympathetic denervation via cervical or lumbar epidural anesthesia affect baroreflex control of heart rate in lightly anesthetized humans?
Cardiac sympathectomy induced by high-level (cervical) epidural anesthesia partially suppresses baroreceptor function, whereas lumbar epidural anesthesia does not.
Dohi et al. (1983) studied this question.
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