BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess the utilization of local anesthetics by emergency physicians (EP) and pediatric physicians (PP) who performed a lumbar puncture (LP) in pediatric patients from birth to 24 months of age. METHODS We conducted a prospective study of children that received an LP at a university tertiary referring hospital. A convenience sample included childre...

Research Summary: Using a national survey experiment, we examined Americans’ and local-level support for facilities that provide safer space individuals to consume illicit drugs under the supervision of medical professionals. We determined whether levels differed based on (1) label used refer such (“safe injection facilities” vs. “overdose prevention sites”), (2) beneficial information is provi...

Spinal anesthesia is the most popular regional anesthesia technique for cesarean delivery as it is easily performed and provides rapid onset of block followed by dense surgical anesthesia. Although bupivacaine seems to be widely and routinely used long acting amide type local anesthetic drug for spinal anesthesia, ropivacaine and levobupivacaine may occasionally be chosen. However, it is diffic...