Abstract:Background: Aging and frailty make the elderly patients susceptible to hypotension following spinal anesthesia. The systemic hemodynamic effects of spinal anesthesia are not well known. In this study, we examine the systemic hemodynamic effects of fractional spinal anesthesia following intermittent microdosing of a local anesthetic and an opioid.Methods: We included 15 patients aged over 65 with considerable comorbidities, planned for emergency hip fracture repair. Patients received a spinal catheter and cardi… Show more
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