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Table of contents

March 1989 - Volume 14 - Suppl 2

Session I

Cessation of blood flow in intravenous regional anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
Eugene R. Worth, William O. Kirk
Is post-spinal headache more frequent in outpatients? (1 March, 1989)
Michael F. Mulroy, Joseph M. Neal, Donald L. Bridenbaugh, B. Palmen
Continuous spinal anesthesia with a microcatheter technique: the experience in obstetrics and general surgery (1 March, 1989)
Ronald J. Hurley, Donald H. Lambert
The pharmacokinetics in humans of epidural ropivacaine at 0.5%, 0.75%, and 1% concentrations (1 March, 1989)
Jeffrey A. Katz, Donna C. Knarr, Phillip O. Bridenbaugh, Sally H. Helton, Alex Levin, Donald D. Denson
Pharmacodynamics of epidural ropivacaine at 0.5%, 0.75%, and 1% concentrations (1 March, 1989)
Jeffrey A. Katz, Donna C. Knarr, Phillip O. Bridenbaugh, Sally H. Helton, Alex Levin
Ropivacaine epidural anesthesia: an initial study in humans (1 March, 1989)
G. E. Thompson, D. L. Brown, R. L. Carpenter
A randomized double-blind study of 2% lidocaine vs 2% mepivicaine (1 March, 1989)
S. Gupta, V. Sanchez, G. Lederhaas, V. S. Pallares
Incidence of bradycardia during spinal anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
R. L. Carpenter, D. C. Mackey
Continuous spinal anesthesia versus single shot technique in the elderly (1 March, 1989)
Timo A.R. Palas
Effect of injection level on the predictability of spinal block with isobaric bupivacaine (1 March, 1989)
Marjatta K. Tuominen, Tomi Taivainen, Per H. Rosenberg
Efficacy of epidural blood patch for postlumbar-puncture headache (1 March, 1989)
Marjatta K. Tuominen, Per H. Rosenberg
Hemodynamic Effects of Low Dose Epinephrine and Sodium Nitroprusside during Epidural Hypotensive Anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
Nigel E. Sharrock, Robert Mineo, Barbara Urquhart

Session II

A double-dose epidural morphine regimen for pain relief after cesarean section (1 March, 1989)
Mark Zakowski, Sivam Ramanathan, Herman Turndorf
A comparison of the incidence of pruritus following epidural opioid administration in post cesarean section patients (1 March, 1989)
William E. Ackerman, Mushtaque M. Juneja, David M. Kaczorowski, George W. Colclough
The effect of pH and pCO₂ on the onset of epidural 2‐chloroprocaine
(1 March, 1989)
William E. Ackerman, Mushtaque M. Juneja, David M. Kaczorowski, Donald D. Denson, John M. Lee, Donald Edmondson, Robert Bauman
The effect of pH on the onset and duration of epidural lidocaine in the parturient (1 March, 1989)
Nancy Sweeney, Donald Denson, Mushtaque Juneja, William Ackerman, John Herold
Vertebral column length and the spread of spinal anesthesia for cesarean section (1 March, 1989)
Mark C. Norris
Detection of aortocaval compression by noninvasive doppler cardiac output measurments in term parturients (1 March, 1989)
R Majithia, T Arai, J Duval, K Shibutani
The effect of posture on the incidence of venous air embolism (VAE) during cesarean section (1 March, 1989)
V. R. Karuparthy, J. W. Downing, F. J. Husain, K. G. Knape, J. Blanchard, D. Solomon, M. Albin
Combination of amide local anesthetics for single shot epidural anesthesia for cesarian section (1 March, 1989)
B. V.L. Prasad, S. Eway, G. Tang, J. T. Pe, S. Dave
Hypotension is not associated with alkalinization of 2-chloroprocaine in labor patients (1 March, 1989)
William E. Ackerman, Mushtaque M. Juneja, David M. Kaczorowski
Epidural catheter placement in approximation to T10-11 decreases the volume of bupivacaine needed for the first stage of labor (1 March, 1989)
W. E. Ackerman, M. M. Juneja, D. M. Kaczorowski, G. W. Colclough
Epidural lipophilic opioids significantly decrease nausea and emesis during uterine manipulation in awake patients undergoing cesarean section (1 March, 1989)
W. E. Ackerman, M. M. Juneja, D. M. Kaczorowski, G. W. Colclough
Maternal analgesia and neonatal neurobehavioral effects of epidural sufentanil for cesarean section (1 March, 1989)
Giorgio Capogna, Danilo Celleno, Marco Tomassetti

Session III

Effect of epinephrine on intrathecal fentanyl analgesia (1 March, 1989)
Mark K. Nomura, Bettylou K. Mokriski, Andrew M. Malinow
Comparison of lumbar versus thoracic epidural fentanyl for post-thoracotomy analgesia using patient-controlled dosage (1 March, 1989)
Dermot P Chamberlain, Mark N Bodily, Gayle L Olssen, Donald H Ramsey
Long term follow-up after lumbar epidural steroid injections (1 March, 1989)
Stephen Abram, Margaret Hopwood, David J. Haddox
Efficacy of epidural steroid injections for low back pain (1 March, 1989)
T. R. Lubenow, R. J. McCarthy, A. D. Ivankovich, B. Dragisic, B. Kamper
Treatment of fibromyalgia and chronic neuritis with local infiltration of bretylium tosylate (1 March, 1989)
Hughes Germain, Andrée Néron
Epidural fentanyl: description of a closed infusion system and study of the stability of fentanyl solution in this system (1 March, 1989)
J. S. Bussières, L. Thibault, J.-P. Weber, L. A. Ferron, A. McClish
Analgesic evaluation of intrathecal clonidine and tzantidine (1 March, 1989)
T. R. Lubenow, J. Kroin, R. J. McCarthy, S. Lyon, R. Penn, A. D. Ivankovich
Prospective evaluation of continuous epidural narcotic-bupivacaine infusion in 1500 postoperative patients (1 March, 1989)
T. R. Lubenow, J. Wong, R. J. McCarthy, A. D. Ivankovich
The use of continuous lumbar epidural sufentanil for post operative pain relief in thoracotomies (1 March, 1989)
Steven D. Bell
The effect of intrathecal lidocaine and combined intrathecal lidocaine and epidural bupivacaine on electrical sensory thresholds (1 March, 1989)
W. Dirkes, J. Rosenberg, C. Lund, H. Kehlet
Effect of combined prednisolone, epidural bupivacaine and morphine and systemic indomethacin on pain, systemic response and convalescense after cholecystectomy (1 March, 1989)
H. Kehlet, S. Schulze, I V. Møller, U. Bang, B. Rye
Cervical epidural nerve blocks-a prospective study of complications occurring during 790 consecutive blocks (1 March, 1989)
Steven D. Waldman

Session IV

Pediatric brachial plexus anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
Jonathan S. Krohn, Denise J. Wedel
Anatomy of the Common Peroneal Nerve at the Knee: A Cadaver Study (1 March, 1989)
Mark D. Snyder, James W. DeBoard, Timothy H. Beger, James J. Gibbons
Kidney stone movement with spontaneous respiration during eswl with intercostal blocks and local infiltration anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
V. Malhotra, F. Benetos
Celiac plexus blocks provide analgesia for hepatic artery embolization (1 March, 1989)
Keith A. Loper, Douglas Coldwell, Catherine Dowling
A new and simple technique for splanchnic nerve block using a paramedian approach and 3 1/2 inch needles (1 March, 1989)
S K Parkinson, J B Mueller, W L Little
The Effect of Infiltration of Bupivicaine into Surgical Incisions on Postoperative Narcotic Requirements, Arterial Oxygen Saturation and Length of PACU stay (1 March, 1989)
Brian L. Partridge, Bruce E. Stabile
Pharmacokinetics and effects of epidural clonidine in acute postoperative pain (1 March, 1989)
J. Petit, G. Oksenhendler, G. Colas, T. Danays, A. Leroy, C. Winckler
In-hospital incidence of post-lumbar puncture headaches in cesarean section patients associated with the 22 G Whitacre needle (1 March, 1989)
Hafez M. Sami, Michael N. Skaredoff
Atlanto-occipital and atlanto-axial injections in the treatment of headache and neck pain (1 March, 1989)
Eric Busch, Peter R. Wilson
pH adjusted bupivacaine for lower extremity conduction anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
K D Candido, S M Raza, A R Vasireddy

Session V

In Vitro Diffusion of Lidocaine Across Endotracheal Tube Cuffs (1 March, 1989)
J M Sconzo, J C Moscicki, C A DiFazio
Intrapleural Block: A New Technique for Regional Anesthesia During Percutaneous Nephrostomy and Nephrollithotomy (1 March, 1989)
Narendra S. Trivedi, Joffre Robalino, Ketan Shevde
Intrathecal Meperidine in Endoscopic Urologic Procedures: A Comparative Study with a Local Anesthetic (1 March, 1989)
Darshan Patel, Y. Janardhan, Bharat Merai, Joffre Robalino, Ketan Shevde
Hyaluronidase and axillary brachial plexus block: effect on latency and plasma levels of mepivacaine (1 March, 1989)
R. W. Rosenquist, B. T. Finucane, S. Berman
Prevention of Headache Following Inadvertent Dural Puncture (1 March, 1989)
Narendra S. Trivedi, David Eddi, Ketan Shevde
Tachyphylaxis during intermittent epidural lidocaine administration is not related to changes in distribution and disappearance from the epidural space (1 March, 1989)
Torben Mogensen, Lene Simonsen, Nicholas B. Scott, Jens H. Henriksen, Henrik Kehlet
Epidural morphine for analgesia after selective dorsal rhizotomy—a report of 18 cases (1 March, 1989)
Alan S. Klein, John P. Mickle
Subcutaneous tunneled intrapleural catheters in the long-term relief of right upper quadrant pain of malignant origin-description of a new technique and preliminary results (1 March, 1989)
Steven D. Waldman
Intra-operative epidural catheter placement in major spine surgery for control of post-operative pain (1 March, 1989)
Grigory Kizelshteyn, Louis Allyne, Mark Illuminati, Rudolph Taddonio, David Eric Lees
Alprazolam vs. Amitriptyline: Effects on Pain Reduction and Simple Reaction Time- A Preliminary Report (1 March, 1989)
M E Romanoff, D G Woodward, J M Jacobson, N H Blauzvern
Pleural Block: A New Technique for Regional Anesthesia During Percutaneous Hepatobiliary Drainage (1 March, 1989)
Melvin Rosenblatt, Joffre Robalino, Alan Bergman, Ketan Shevde
Spread of a bupivacaine/renografin solution in selective trans-sacral nerve root blockade (1 March, 1989)
Alexander J. Clark, Said A. Awad

Session VI

The use of pulse oximetry to detect desaturation in patients receiving regional anesthesia with intravenous sedation (1 March, 1989)
Sulpicio G. Soriano, Rory S. Jaffe
pH Adjustment of 0.5% Bupivacaine Has No Effect on Epidural Anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
Rom A. Stevens, William L. Chester, Armin Schubert, David Brandon, Brian Clayton, Loren Spitzer
The use of pH-adjusted bupivicaine for peribulbar anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
K. Zahl, A. W. Gotta
The effect of dextrose concentration on the intrathecal spread of 0.5% bupivacaine (1 March, 1989)
J. Bannister, J. A.W. Wildsmith
Femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block for muscle biopsies in children (1 March, 1989)
Denise J. Wedel
Physics applied to regional anesthesia, or MRI documentation of supraclavicular nerve block: the “plumb-bob” technique (1 March, 1989)
D. L. Brown, L. D. Bridenbaugh
Cardiovascular effects of lumbar epidural blockade and the influence of epinephrine added to bupivacaine (1 March, 1989)
Hans Kerkkamp, Mathieu Gielen
Tetracaine for intravenous regional anesthesia for upper extremity surgery (1 March, 1989)
Z Durrani, J W Russell, M L Burnett, A P Winnie, E K Zsigmond
An exploratory study of 0.5% ropivacaine with epinephrine and 0.5% ropivacaine without epinephrine when used for brachial plexus anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery of the upper limb (1 March, 1989)
A P Winnie, S M Raza, K D Candido, R W Masters, Z Durrani
pH adjusted mepivacaine for lower extremity conduction anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
K D Candido, S M Raza, A R Vasireddy
Pain associated with mid-tarsal ankle block: alkalinized vs. plain 1.5% mepivacaine (1 March, 1989)
Meg A. Rosenblatt, Lawrence P. Kirschenbaum, John F. Waller, James B. Eisenkraft
Effects of integrator's time constants and raising head on abdominal motor and sensory blockade in tetracaine spinal anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
Shung-Tai Ho, Chen-Hwan Cherng, Weber Ho, Chung-Yuan Lin
Postoperative epidural infusion of local anesthetic and narcotic does not decrease cough strength (1 March, 1989)
Nigel E. Sharrock, Paula Castellano, Kevin V. Sanborn, Robert Mineo

Session VII

Is EDTA innocuous in the subarachnoid space? (1 March, 1989)
B C Wang, J M Hiller, E J Simon, D E Hillman, N Spielholz, H Turndorf
Primate model for the study of tourniquet pain (1 March, 1989)
James C. Crews, Constance S. Sehlhorst
pH Adjustment of Local Anesthetic Solutions With Sodium Bicarbonate: Laboratory Evaluation of Alkalinization and Precipitation (1 March, 1989)
R. A. Peterfreund, S. Datta, G. W. Ostheimer
Midazolam inhibits formation of long-term potentiation (Lip) in the CA-1 region of the rat hippocampal slice (1 March, 1989)
Francis Dillon, Alex Nowicky
Comparison of magnitude of tolerance development observed after continuous spinal intrathecal infusions in rats (1 March, 1989)
M. Sosnowski, C. W. Stevens, T. L. Yaksh
Pharmacodynamic effects of ropivacaine after epidural administration in the rhesus monkey (1 March, 1989)
Steven L. Steinkamp, Jeffrey A. Katz, Susan C. Sehlhorst, Donald D. Denson, Phillip O. Bridenbaugh
Stereoselective effects of local anesthetics reveal two sites of action on neuronal sodium channels (1 March, 1989)
Stanley LeeSon, Adrienne Concus, Elizabeth Crill, Daniel Chernoff, Ging Kuo Wang, Gary Strichartz
Effect of etidocaine on somatosensory evoked potentials (1 March, 1989)
C Lund, O B Hansen, T Mogensen, S Qvitzau, H Kehlet
Effect of Stellate Ganglion Block on Somatosensory Evoked Potential in Chronic Pain Patients (1 March, 1989)
W. C.V. Parris, S. A. Hyman, C. Skelley, K. A. Lindsey
Baricity and the distribution of local anesthetics in a spinal canal model (1 March, 1989)
ACP Lui, R J Munhall, A P Winnie, D Selander
Halothane decreases the lethal dose of bupivacaine in two-day old pigs (1 March, 1989)
J. Michael Badgwell, James E Heavner
Plasma levels of bupivacaine are age dependent in young pigs (1 March, 1989)
JE Heavner, JM Badgwell, D Turner, G Racz

Regular Posters

Regional anesthesia for outpatient surgery (1 March, 1989)
Leslie Sykes, Curtis L. Baysinger, Edwin A. Bowe, Peter Fong, David Oliver
Does preoperative antiplatelet therapy increase the risk of hemorrhagic complications in regional anesthesia? (1 March, 1989)
T. T. Horlocker, D. J. Wedel
Transition to Regional Anesthesia in an Orthopedic Hospital (1 March, 1989)
Robert Mineo, Nigel E. Sharrock
Correlation of cough strength and hemodynamics with recovery from sensory block during epidural anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
Nigel E. Sharrock, Paula Castellano, Kevin V. Sanborn, Robert Mineo
The suprapopliteal approach for sciatic nerve block - effect of needle placement on success rate at sensory nerve distribution (1 March, 1989)
Medhat R. Wassef
The role of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the reduction of absenteeism caused by primary dysmenorrhea (1 March, 1989)
Daryl I. Smith, Terri Lynn Dallas, Mahmoud A. Ismail
Epidural Catheter Tunnelling (1 March, 1989)
Peter G. Courtney, Robert E. R. Smith
Pain problems in patients over 70 years of age (1 March, 1989)
Ronald Kaplan, Edith Kepes, Patricia Underwood
The effect of the direction of the spinal needle on the sensory level of spinal anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
Rudolf Stienstra, Frans van Poorten, Jan-Willem Kroon
pH Adjusted mepivacaine for upper extremity conduction anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
K D Candido, S M Raza, A. R. Vasireddy
Early assymetric onset of sympathetic blockade in epidural analgesia is not related to catheter position (1 March, 1989)
Mathieu Gielen, Rob Slappendel
Glycopyrrolate does not prevent bradycardia during spinal anesthesia (1 March, 1989)
D. C. Mackey, R. L. Carpenter
Predictability of qualitative sensory block outcome in the suprapopliteal approach for sciatic nerve block (1 March, 1989)
Medhat R. Wassef