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Southern Philippines Medical Center Journal of Health Care Services
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(2): 1-7, 2018.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-987589
ABSTRACT
Background@#Hemodynamic instability can occur with the pain from scalp incision to brain retraction during cranial neurosurgery. @*Objective@#To determine the hemodynamic outcomes of patients who received ropivacaine plus lidocaine scalp block. @*Design@#Retrospective cohort study. @*Setting@#Southern Philippines Medical Center, Davao City. @*Participants@#44 patients given scalp block for cranial neurosurgery. @*Main outcome measures@#Heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), and frequencies of tachycardia, hypertension, bradycardia, and hypotension from the time of scalp block administration to 15 minutes after scalp incision (observation period).