Contraindicated in children with hypersensitivity to amide-type local anesthetics and in those with Stokes-Adams syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, and severe degrees of SA, AV, or intraventricular block in absence of artificial pace-maker. Also contraindicated in children with inflammation or infection in puncture region, sep-ticemia, severe hypertension, spinal deformities, and neurologic disorders. |