The use of levobupivacaine and of ropivacaine may increase the safety of regional anaesthesia. These pure enantiomers have similar pharmacokinetic properties as those of the racemic mixtures. However, they are less cardiotoxic than the racemic mixtures, especially at the high heart rate usually encountered in infants. We may then recommend the use of these agents in the paediatric patients.
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