Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Cesarean Delivery: Injection Site Pain as a New Complication and Dexamethasone Reduced Incidence.

Background: Although ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block (TAPB) is widely used in multimodal analgesia after cesarean delivery (CD), the complications of TAPB during analgesia after CD have rarely been reported.

Methods: A total of 84 cases of CD were randomly assigned to either a ropivacaine group (R group) or ropivacaine + dexamethasone group (RD group) in this double-blind trial. The pain site and pain degree at rest and during activity at 2 h, 6 h, 10 h, 12 h, 14 h, 16 h, 20 h, and 24 h after maternal surgery were recorded.

[Effects of ulinastatin on cerebral inflammatory response during cardiopulmonary bypass].

Objective: To investigate the effects of ulinastatin (UTI) on cerebral inflammatory response during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

Methods: Twenty-four NYHA II-III patients (13 males and 11 females) aged 23-45 years, undergoing elective cardiac valve replacement under hypothermic CPB were randomly divided into 2 groups: ulinastatin group (Group U, n=12) and control group (Group C, n=12). In group U, UTI (1.

[Effect of ulinastatin on human blood coagulation and platelet aggregation in orthopaedic surgery].

Objective: To investigate the effect of ulinastatin (UTI) on human blood coagulation and platelet aggregation in orthopaedic surgery.

Methods: Thirty ASA I-II patients without blood dyscrasia and blood coagulation obstacle were randomly divided into two groups: Group I (UTI group, n=15) in which patients received UTI 5000 U/kg, and Group II (control group, n=15) in which patients received NS 100 ml. PT, TT, APTT, IB, INR and PAG1, PAG5, and PAGM were measured at 3 points: pre-infusion (T0), 1 hour after the infusion (T1), and 2 hours after the infusion (T2).