Off Label Use of Exparel in an Axillary Block for Prolonged Postoperative Analgesia

Methadone produces prolonged postoperative analgesia.

Prolonged axillary block with levobupivacaine in an uremic patient.

Regional blocks improve the success rate of arterionenous fistula (AVF) procedure in patient with end stage kidney disease (ESKD)1. We report one case of prolonged axillary block (BAX) in a 73 –yr woman undergoing an iterative AVF. Her preoperative kaliemia and creatinine were respectively 6.1mEq and 280mmoles per liter. Twenty milliter of 0.5% levobupivacaine were infused selectively under ult...

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

THE USE OF 0.5% LIDOCAINE WITH FENTANYL AND PANCURONIUM FOR AXILLARY BLOCK

The present study was designed to assess the efficacy of fentanyl and pancuronium combined with dilute lidocaine solution for axillary block. Onehundred adult patients undergoing upper limb surgery were randomly allocated to receive either 0.6 mL/kg of 1 % lidocaine (6 mg/kg) or 0.6 mLlkg of 0.5% lidocaine (3 mg/kg) with 1 µg/kg of fentanyl and 0.5 mg of pancuronium. The onset of sensory a...

Patient controlled analgesia versus conventional analgesia for postoperative pain

  Purpose: Patients may control postoperative pain by self-administration of intravenous opioids   using devices designed for this purpose (patient controlled analgesia or PCA). This study set out   to determine whether any of the two opioid administrations (i.e. PCA or conventional analgesia)   would provide superior pain relief among patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy   or not. ...