[Measurement of adrenalin concentrations in the blood of children after local infiltration before surgical corrections of clefts].

Abstract

Blood concentrations of epinephrine were measured after local infiltration of epinephrine and procaine in children, undergoing surgical corrections of lip and palate clefts. Local anaesthesia was combined with general intravenous anaesthesia. Cardio-circulatory parameters were changing moderately in spite of enormous elevations of epinephrine serum levels. Monitoring of vital signs is obligatory with this combined method.