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Trial reportMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2017

Effect of Baricity of Bupivacaine on Median Effective Doses for Motor Block.

Ming-Quan Chen, Chun Chen, Lin Li

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Trial report in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparing the efficacy of peritonsillar injection of bupivacaine and intravenous acetaminophen on post-tonsillectomy pain in children.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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  2. Administration of Low-dose Hyperbaric Bupivacaine for Spinal Anesthesia in the Setting of Outpatient Arthroplasty.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ming-Quan ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China (mainland).
Chun ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China (mainland).
Lin LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei, China (mainland).
China Three Gorges University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND The median effective dose (ED50) of a drug gives the amount or dose of drug needed to produce effective therapeutic response or desired effect in at least 50% of the population taking it. Our study focused on determining the ED50 required for effective motor block using hyperbaric and plain bupivacaine, and evaluated the influence of baricity on the ED50 required for motor block. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 38 patients were randomly assigned into 2 groups according to the baricity of bupivacaine: group P received plain bupivacaine and group H received hyperbaric bupivacaine. The patients were administered 0.5% plain or hyperbaric bupivacaine intrathecally. The dosage of anesthetics in each patient was calculated according to the standard up-down sequential allocation method of Dixon. The first patient in each group received a dose of 7.5 mg bupivacaine, and a dose of 1.0 mg was used as the testing interval. The dose was increased or decreased by 1.0 mg for each patient according to the estimated score of motor block. RESULTS The ED50 required for effective motor block in spinal anesthesia was 7.20 and 10.05 mg in groups H and P, respectively. Their relative motor blocking potency ratio was found to be 0.72. CONCLUSIONS The ED50 for motor block was significantly decreased using hyperbaric bupivacaine intrathecally compared with plain bupivacaine, and the baricity of bupivacaine obviously affected the ED50 for the motor block.

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AdultAnesthesia, SpinalAnesthetics, LocalBupivacaineDemographyDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansMiddle AgedNerve BlockAnesthetics, LocalBupivacaine

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PMID28965122
PMCPMC5635946
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