Skip to main content

Table 4 Mean bilateral motor block intensity (Bromage scale: 0–3) at timed intervals following local anaesthetic injection in groups

From: Spinal anaesthesia at low and moderately high altitudes: a comparison of anaesthetic parameters and hemodynamic changes

 

Moderately high altitude group

Sea level group

(n = 70)

(n = 70)

15th min

2.8 ± 0.52

2.70 ± 0.57

30th min

2.72 ± 0.61

2.78 ± 0.50

45th min

2.40 ± 0.82**

2.78 ± 0.50

60th min

1.72 ± 0.96*

2.58 ± 0.62

75th min

1.11 ± 0.97*

2.21 ± 0.75

90th min

0.71 ± 0.91*

1.70 ± 0.89

120th min

0.31 ± 0.80*

0.85 ± 0.82

150th min

0.22 ± 0.74

0.45 ± 0.77

  1. *P < 0.001, **P = 0.001, compared to the sea level group
Back to article page

BMC Anesthesiology

ISSN: 1471-2253

Contact us