Survival after local anaesthetic overdose : a comparison of the success of resuscitation after established cardiotoxicity caused by ropivacaine or bupivacaine

The purpose of this thesis is to review the pharmacology and toxicity of local anaesthetics, particularly highlighting the differences between bupivacaine and ropivacaine and to present an experiment attempting to establish whether ropivacaine is a safer drug, once cardiotoxicity has occurred.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Anaesthesia

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Whitehead, Paul Neville

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• James, Michael F M

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26250

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/26250