BACKGROUND Clonidine has been added to local anesthetic regimens for various peripheral nerve blocks, resulting in prolonged anesthesia and analgesia. The authors postulated that using clonidine as a component of intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) would enhance postoperative analgesia. METHODS Forty-five patients undergoing ambulatory hand surgery received IVRA with lidocaine, 0.5%, and w...

Introduction: Lidocaine is a class of Ib antiarrhythmic agent which available in various intravenous (IV) and topical forms. Systemic toxicity lidocaine has been reported following its IV injection or local infiltration for anesthesia, mostly. However, the application gel oral spray also possible. Manifestations induced systemic include neurologic cardiac symptoms. Reported cases after ingestio...

Objective: Propofol is the most frequently used agent for intravenous anesthesia administration. However, during propofol injection, pain may develop in hand and forearm region cause unwanted situations. Different applications have been to prevent injection pain. Although lidocaine often proprofol pain, anesthetic ketamine, which has an analgesic feature, also preferred. In recent years, featur...

Background: Tracheal extubation, the purposeful removal of endotracheal tube from trachea, can be associated with detrimental hemodynamic and airway responses. Lidocaine fentanyl are known to suppress response extubation during Ear, nose, throat surgeries. Smooth tracheal is important after surgeries.Objective: To compare effect intravenous lidocaine on attenuation for (ENT) surgeries at JLNMCH...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of coughing and breath holding in patients undergoing lumbar surgery extubated in prone position, supine position, or supine position with intravenous lidocaine before extubation. About 105 ASA I to II patients undergoing lumbar surgery were extubated in prone position in group P (n = 35), in supine position in group S (n = 35) and in supine p...

It is well known that laryngeal instrumentation and endotracheal intubation is associated with a marked, transient rise in intracranial pressure (ICP). Patients with head injury requiring endotracheal intubation are considered particularly at risk from this transient rise in ICP as it reduces cerebral perfusion and thus may increase secondary brain injury. The favoured method for securing a def...

BACKGROUND Different adjuvant drugs are currently added to lidocaine for intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) to decrease tourniquet and postoperative pain. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to examine the effect of nalbuphine when added toIVRA. STUDY DESIGN Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial. SETTING Assiut University Hospitals. METHODS One hundred-six ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Patients frequently experience pain of moderate to severe degree during gynaecologic procedures. This prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was aimed to investigate the analgesic efficacy of preoperative oral dexketoprofen trometamol, intravenous paracetamol, lidocaine spray, pethidine and diclofenac sodium on fractional curettage procedure. METHODS A total...

BACKGROUND Opiate is used in patient-controlled intravenous analgesia pumps (PCIA) for controlling pain in post-surgical patients. Other drugs are remarkably added to opioid pumps to enhance quality, lengthen analgesia, and reduce side effects. Lidocaine, a local anesthetic which inhibits sodium channels, has anesthetic and analgesic effects when injected locally or intravenously. The objective...

OBJECTIVE To determine if intravenous lidocaine is useful and safe as a treatment for equine ileus. STUDY DESIGN Prospective double-blinded placebo-controlled trial. STUDY POPULATION Horses (n = 32) with a diagnosis of postoperative ileus (POI) or enteritis and that had refluxed >20 L or had been refluxing for >24 hours. METHODS Refluxing horses were administered lidocaine (1.3 mg/kg intr...