Ocular responses after intravenous lidocaine

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...

Intravenous lidocaine infusion for pain control after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

BACKGROUND This meta-analysis aimed to assess the efficiency and safety of intravenous infusion of lidocaine for pain management after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). METHODS A systematic search was performed in PubMed (August 1966-2017), Medline (August 1966-2017), Embase (August 1980-2017), ScienceDirect (August 1985-2017), and the Cochrane Library. Only randomized controlled trials (RCT...

Intravenous lidocaine infusion facilitates acute rehabilitation after laparoscopic colectomy.

BACKGROUND Intravenous infusion of lidocaine decreases postoperative pain and speeds the return of bowel function. The authors therefore tested the hypothesis that perioperative lidocaine infusion facilitates acute rehabilitation protocol in patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy. METHODS Forty patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic colectomy were randomly allocated to receive intrave...

Perioperative Use of Intravenous Lidocaine.

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...