PROLONGED ANALGESIA AFTER CUFF RELEASE FOLLOWING I.V. REGIONAL ANALGESIA WITH PRILOCAINE

Oxygen desaturation following sedation for regional analgesia.

Moderate to severe arterial oxygen desaturation (SaO2 75-88%) occurred in three of four patients who were given sedation during regional conduction block without the administration of oxygen. No desaturation occurred in six patients given oxygen 2 litre min-1 via a nasal catheter during similar procedures. It is concluded that patients undergoing regional conduction block with concurrent sedati...

Analgesia Regional Prolongada com Catéteres Periféricos. Relato de Casos * Prolonged Regional Analgesia with Peripheral Catheters. Case Reports

Justificativa e Objetivos Síndromes de Dor de Manutenção Simpática, Tromboangeíte Obli terante, Esclerodermia Sistêmica Progressiva (doença autoimune) e analgesia pós-operatória respondem muito bem aos anestésicos locais quando em uso prolongado. O objetivo dos casos relatados visa divulgar o uso de catéteres curtos (catéteres venosos) ou segmento de cateter peridural nas situações acima, na fa...

Prolonged block with recovery after extradural analgesia for labour.

A patient had a prolonged block after continuous extradural analgesia in labour. The block was unilateral, but 60 min after a second block there was bilateral sensory and motor loss. The original unblocked side did not recover fully until more than 60 hr. The local anaesthetic agent was 18 ml of bupivacine 0.5% plain.

Regional/perfusion analgesia.

Regional/perfusion analgesia involves the injection of a local analgesic solution into the vein of a limb which has been made ischemic by a tourniquet. Such analgesia is most useful for operations on the arms but can be used in the leg. The following is a review of this method of analgesia, including a general review of local analgesic drug effects and methods of treatment. At our hospital,* we...

Regional block analgesia.