Why the study?
Does lumbar epidural anesthesia alter forearm vascular tone and sympathetic reactivity in unpremedicated patients?
Population
10 unpremedicated patients
Comparison
Lumbar epidural anesthesia at two levels of… vs Baseline measurements before epidural anesthesia…
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May enhance sympathetic reactivity during lumbar epidural; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before clinical consideration.
Does lumbar epidural anesthesia alter forearm vascular tone and sympathetic reactivity in unpremedicated patients?
Lumbar epidural anesthesia enhances forearm vascular tone and sympathetic reactivity, as evidenced by increased forearm vascular resistance.
Baron et al. (1988) studied this question.
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