Perioperative lidocaine is safe and effective in attenuating the maternal stress response to surgery for cesarean delivery.

Preoperative administration of sublingual misoprostol 400μg is safe and effective in attenuating the maternal bleeding and uterine atony from isoflurane anesthesia for cesarean delivery.

The authors conclude that the use of hypocapnia before and during CO(2) insufflation is effective in attenuating increases in blood pressure after CO(2) pneumoperitoneum during anesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Preoperative administration of sublingual misoprostol 400μg is safe and effective in attenuating the maternal bleeding and uterine atony from isoflurane anesthesia for cesarean delivery.