Aliases:
Marcaine
Bupivicaine

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Amide local-anaesthetic with a long duration of action principally due to its high protein binding.

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Maximum dose 2.5mg/kg as a single dose, or 2.5mg/kg every 4hrs as a regional infusion #ref

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Maximum dose of bupivicaine can be easily calculated on a ml/kg basis.
1ml/kg of 0.25% solution
or
0.5ml/kg of 0.5% solution

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