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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1989, Vol. 63, No. 4 439-443
© 1989 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

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EFFECT OF ADRENALINE ON PLACENTAL TRANSFER OF BUPIVACAINE IN THE PERFUSED IN SITU RABBIT PLACENTA

R. S. LAISHLEY, M.B., B.S., F.F.A.R.C.S., R. J. CARSON, B.SC. and F. REYNOLDS, M.D., F.F.A.R.C.S.

Anaesthetic Unit, St Thomas' Hospital London SE1 7EH

Correspondence to F.R.

Following general anaesthesia, each of 18 pregnant rabbits received an i.v. infusion, at a declining rate, of 0.125% bupivacaine, either plain solution followed by adrenaline (1.25 µg ml–1)-containing solution (n = 10) or vice versa (n = 8). All solutions contained antipyrine as an index of placental exchange. In each rabbit, a single fetal sac was opened, the umbilical vessels were cannulated and the placenta was perfused in situ with buffered Krebs solution containing Dextran. Bupivacaine and antipyrine concentrations were measured in effluent perfusate (fetal) and in maternal plasma sampled simultaneously. Mean maternal arterial pressure and mean placental perfusion pressure were not altered by adrenaline. Fetal:maternal concentration (F: M) ratios of antipyrine decreased significantly (P < 0.05) during the second half of the experiment. In contrast, F: M ratios of bupivacaine were unchanged during the time course of the experiment and unaltered by the addition of adrenaline. It is concluded that neither adrenaline nor minor alterations in maternal placental flow affect placental transfer of bupivacaine.


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