Regional Anesthesia for Postoperative Pain Control

Regional Anesthesia for Postoperative Pain Control

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, 61000 Trabzon, Turkey 2Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Giresun University School of Medicine, Nizamiye Yerleskesi, Orhan Yilmaz Cad. Mumcular Sok. No. 1, 28200 Giresun, Turkey 3 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain, Bern University Hospital, 3000 Bern, Switze...

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Pain and Regional Anesthesia

Background: Recurrent complex regional pain syndrome I is not rare in the pediatric population. The authors conducted this study to evaluate the efficacy of continuous peripheral nerve blocks with elastomeric disposable pumps associated with initial Bier blocks for the treatment of recurrent complex regional pain syndrome I in children. Methods: After parental informed consent, 13 children who ...

Levobupivacaine for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Levobupivacaine is an enantiomer of racemic bupivacaine with a safe pharmacological profile. We present a review of levobupivacaine and its current clinical use in regional anaesthesia and pain management. The pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile of levobupivacaine is discussed and a qualitative review of studies involving levobupivacaine for regional anaesthesia is presented. Comparison...

Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain

Background and Objectives: Epinephrine is usually administered in concert with a lipid emulsion during local anesthetic toxicity. However, the timing and role of epinephrine administration in combination with a lipid emulsion remain unclear. Specifically, the temporal association of epinephrine and lipid emulsion administration with related changes in pulmonary vascular pressures that may lead ...