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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2000, Vol. 85, No. 3 344-346
© 2000 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Editorial

Editorial II

Ropivacaine in children

N.S. Morton

Ropivacaine is the s-enantiomer of a new amide local anaesthetic which has been extensively evaluated in adults and older children.1 Recently, it has been used in younger children and several studies have reported its clinical efficacy and safety when administered for caudal epidural analgesia,2–13 for lumbar epidural block,14 for peripheral nerve blockade,15 16 and as a continuous epidural infusion.17–20 Pharmacokinetic parameters have been calculated for several different age groups and the pharmacodynamics in children are becoming clearer as clinical experience grows. A meta-analysis of neonatal outcome after maternal administration of ropivacaine has also been published recently.21

Ropivacaine has several properties which may be useful in paediatric practice, namely the potential to produce differential neural blockade with less motor . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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