Cardiovascular Criteria for Epidural Test Dosing in Sevoflurane- and Halothane-Anesthetized Children

Abstract

We found a greater reliability of the T wave criterion over conventional hemodynamic criteria for detecting intravascular injection of a simulated epidural test dose. Sevoflurane may increase the likelihood of recognition of an accidental intravascular injection of epinephrine-containing solutions in clinical practice compared with halothane.