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Table 4 Preferred local anaesthetic, concentration of the local anaesthetic as well as preferred adjuvants for epidural anaesthesia in spontaneous delivery.

From: Use of local anaesthetics and adjuncts for spinal and epidural anaesthesia and analgesia at German and Austrian University Hospitals: an online survey to assess current standard practice

Local

anaesthetic

Concentration

of the local

anaesthetic

Adjuvant

Distribution

(n = 33)

Ropivacaine

0.2%

Sufentanil

12 (37%)

Ropivacaine

0.1%

Sufentanil

4 (12%)

Bupivacaine

0.125%

Sufentanil

3 (9%)

Ropivacaine

0.2%

None

3 (9%)

Bupivacaine

0.1%

Sufentanil

2 (6%)

no regional anaesthesia

 

n.a.

1 (3%)

Bupivacaine

0.13%

Sufentanil

1 (3%)

Ropivacaine

0.075%

Sufentanil

1 (3%)

Ropivacaine

0.1%

None

1 (3%)

Ropivacaine

0.16%

Sufentanil

1 (3%)

Ropivacaine

0.175%

Sufentanil

1 (3%)

Ropivacaine

0.18%

Sufentanil

1 (3%)

Ropivacaine

0.25%

Sufentanil

1 (3%)

Ropivacaine

0.2%

Fentanyl

1 (3%)

  1. Distribution is given in number (proportion).