Central regional anaesthesia: Difference between revisions

Created page with "'''Central regional anaesthesia''', also called '''neuraxial block''', refers to either epidural or subarachnoid anaesthesia, forms of regional anaesthesia. Both types may cause haemodynamic changes, especially hypotension, due to blockade of the sympathetic fibres. == Epidural anaesthesia == Epidural anaesthesia involves injection of local anaesthetic with or without opioids into the epidural space to act on spinal nerve roots. Nerve roots around the site o..."