Anis Baraka

TL;DR: This study compared the onset and duration of sensory and motor block, as well as the hemodynamic changes and level of sedation, following intrathecal bupivacaine supplemented with either dexmedetomidine or clonidine.

TL;DR: Rapid preoxygenation with the eight deep breaths within 60 s can be used as an alternative to the traditional 3-min technique.

TL;DR: Intrathecal injection of morphine was used to provide obstetric analgesia in 20 primiparous women in labor and in all parturients, labor pains were completely relieved after 15–60 min and analgesia lasted as lon.

TL;DR: In this article, a 39-year-old pregnant woman was scheduled for cesarean section and spinal anesthesia was induced using a 26-gauge needle with an atraumatic bevel.

TL;DR: It is suggested that epidural tramadol can be used to provide prolonged postoperative analgesia without serious side effects and hypoxaemia rather than hypercarbia or decreased respiratory rate may be an earlier indicator of respiratory depression in patients breathing room air without oxygen supplementation.