Intravenous lidocaine and postextubation laryngospasm

Postextubation laryngospasm in a patient with spasmodic dysphonia.

THE anesthesia literature is full of information and recommendations for safely administering general anesthesia to patients with various myotonic, neuromuscular, and vocal cord disorders; however, little is published on speech disorders and how these often vocal cord– related afflictions can influence anesthetic management. This report discusses an incident of laryngospasm in a patient with sp...

Intraoperative intravenous lidocaine.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Most patients undergoing surgery experience moderate to severe pain, indicating the need to improve the anesthetic technique. Intravenous lidocaine has been widely used in the treatment of chronic pain. The objective of this report was to review the use of intravenous lidocaine for postoperative analgesia. CONTENTS The pharmacologic aspects and mechanism of action of...

Perioperative Use of Intravenous Lidocaine.

Intravenous regional anesthesia using lidocaine and clonidine.

BACKGROUND Clonidine has been added to local anesthetic regimens for various peripheral nerve blocks, resulting in prolonged anesthesia and analgesia. The authors postulated that using clonidine as a component of intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) would enhance postoperative analgesia. METHODS Forty-five patients undergoing ambulatory hand surgery received IVRA with lidocaine, 0.5%, and w...

Evaluation of Intravenous Lidocaine Overdose in Chickens (Gallus domesticus)

Objective- To evaluate the total toxic dose of lidocaine and serum lidocaine concentrations resulting in clinical signs of toxicity in chickens. Design- Experimental study Animals- Eight healthy, female, 55-week-old chickens (Lohman breed) weighing 1.45 ± 0.17 kg (mean ± SD) Procedure- A loading dose of 2% lidocaine (4 mg/kg) was administered IV, followed by a constant-rate infusion at a dose o...