Do 0.2 % Ropivacaine and levobupivacaine provide equally effective epidural labour analgesia?
Ten millilitres of either 0.2% ropivacaine or levobupivacaine can be used to induce epidural labour analgesia effectively without a difference in the duration of pain relief.
NTPDase1 is the major enzyme regulating nucleotide metabolism at the surface of VSMCs and thus contributes to the local regulation of vascular tone by nucleotides.