Complications of lumbar anesthesia

Abstract

According to the conclusion of LN Poznyanov (Vesti. Sovr. Med., 1925, No. 11), the main danger of lumbar anesthesia is from a drop in blood pressure. To avoid this danger, some authors propose to inject caffeine 5 hours before the operation, others advise adding the latter, in an amount of 0.25-0.5, to the anesthetic solution, and still others, 2-3 hours before anesthesia, repeatedly inject Digalen to the patient. fourth - 0.003-0.004 strychnine. Reschke recommends 3 min. before anesthesia, infect intramuscularly 1 K. Art. adrenaline and, in addition, the same amount should be administered intravenously immediately after anesthesia.