4 CONTRAINDICATIONS
BUPIVACAINE SPINAL is contraindicated in:
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- intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier Block) [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)].
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- patients with septicemia.
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- patients with severe hemorrhage, severe hypotension or shock, due to a reduced cardiac output.
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- patients with clinically significant arrhythmias, such as complete heartblock, due a reduced cardiac output.
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- patients with a known hypersensitivity to bupivacaine or to any local anesthetic agent of the amide-type or to other components of BUPIVACAINE SPINAL.
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- patients with local infection at the site of proposed lumbar puncture.