Microcirculation and haemodynamics after infraclavicular brachial plexus block using adrenaline as an adjuvant to lidocaine: a randomised, double-blind, crossover study in healthy volunteers

Anaesthesia
A HolmbergA R Sauter

Abstract

We evaluated the effect of adrenaline on human skin microcirculation (nutritive and sub-papillary) and systemic cardiovascular variables after it was added to lidocaine in infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks. Twelve healthy, non-smoking male volunteers were included, each attending two study sessions 2 weeks apart, and they were studied using a crossover design. In both sessions, they received an ultrasound-guided infraclavicular brachial plexus block in the non-dominant arm with 0.4 ml.kg-1 lidocaine, 15 mg.ml-1 with or without adrenaline 5 μg.ml-1 . Microcirculation was assessed by laser Doppler fluxmetry (sub-papillary blood flow), capillary video microscopy (nutritive blood flow) and continuous temperature measurements. Heart rate and arterial pressure were recorded continuously and non-invasively. Median (IQR [range]) sub-papillary blood flow increased substantially 30 min after the brachial plexus block, from 8.5 (4.4-13.5 [2.9-28.2]) to 162.7 (111.0-197.8 [9.5-206.7]) arbitrary units with adrenaline (p = 0.017), and from 6.9 (5.3-28.5 [1.8-42.1] to 133.7 (16.5-216.7 [1.0-445.0] arbitrary units without adrenaline (p = 0.036). Nutritive blood flow (functional capillary density, capillaries.mm-2 , measured at the dorsal ...Continue Reading

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