Sympathectomy - a stress response attenuation

"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Decrease in peripheral vascular resistance

AWHONN's Perinatal Nursing: Co-Published with AWHONN (Simpson, Awhonn's Perinatal Nursing)
Kathleen Rice Simpson, Patricia A Creehan

page 63:
Epidural anesthesia causes a sympathectomy and a marked decrease in peripheral vascular resistance that may cause a decrease in venous return, resulting in decreased cardiac output.

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