The effects of ropivacaine hydrochloride
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J. M. Porter; B. Crowe; M. Cahill; G. D. Shorten
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Amide local anaesthetics impair blood clotting in a concentrationβdependent manner by inhibition of platelet function and enhanced fibrinolysis. We hypothesised that the presence of ropivacaine in the epidural space could decrease the efficacy of an epidural blood patch, as this technique requires t