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A prolonged chloroprocaine epidural block in a postpartum patient with abnormal pseudocholinesterase

Anesthesiology (1982) 56(6) 477-478
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-198206000-00017
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Abstract

The rapid hydrolysis of 2-chloroprocaine by pseudocholinesterase usually limits its potential for toxicity in patients with normal enzyme. A case involving a postpartum patient with abnormal pseudocholinesterase activity who had a prolonged chloroprocaine epidural block is described.

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Kuhnert, B. R., Philipson, E. H., Pimental, R., & Kuhnert, P. M. (1982). A prolonged chloroprocaine epidural block in a postpartum patient with abnormal pseudocholinesterase. Anesthesiology, 56(6), 477–478. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-198206000-00017

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