Plausible reasons for lack of hypotensive responses after neuraxial anesthesia
in infants include
a) Immaturity of sodium channels causing weaker local anesthetic effects
b) Sympathetic predominance in infants
c) Parasympathetic activity withdrawal
d) All the above
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Answer c. In addition to blockade of parasympathetic outflow, experts have
theorized that the decreased blood volume in the lower half of the body in infants
as compared to adults contributes to the observed lack of hypotension even with
thoracic neuraxial blockade.
Notes
- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.
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