Trigeminal neuralgia is the most common neuralgia. Its therapeutic approach is challenging as the first line treatment often does not help, or even causes intolerable side effects. The aim of our randomized double blind, placebo controlled, crossover study was to investigate in a prospective way the effect of lidocaine in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. Twenty patients met our inclusion cri...

purpose: oculocardiac reflex (ocr) is a frequent event during strabismus surgery. the aim of this study is to compare the preventive effect of intravenous lidocaine and hyoscine on ocr.methods: this prospective, randomized clinical trial was performed on 75 patients (5-63 years old) underwent strabismus surgery. patients divided randomly into three groups. intravenous hyoscine (0.2 mg/kg), lido...

BACKGROUND Acute anterior glenohumeral dislocations have been commonly treated with closed reduction and the use of intravenous sedation. Recently, the use of intra-articular lidocaine has been advocated as an alternative to sedation, since intravenous access and patient monitoring are not required. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of local anesthesia compared with that of th...

BACKGROUND Continuous intravenous administration of lidocaine may decrease the duration of ileus and pain after abdominal surgery. METHODS Three databases (Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register) were searched to retrieve randomized controlled trials comparing continuous intravenous lidocaine infusion during and after abdominal surgery with placebo. Study design was score...

BACKGROUND: The problem of adequate analgesia in the early postoperative period is not relevant at present, both our country and abroad because 50% children experience pain after surgical interventions despite ongoing therapy. Inadequate ideal method for assessing syndrome severity, age restrictions with several drugs, difficult communication young children, as well drug selection, lead to inad...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Previous reports indicate that inhaled corticosteroids attenuate airway inflammation. Beclomethasone inhaler was highly effective in the prevention of postoperative airway symptoms. Intravenous lidocaine prior to endotracheal intubation has also been shown to decrease the incidence of postoperative sore throat and cough. The aim of the present study was to compare the e...

BACKGROUND Lidocaine has been the initial antiarrhythmic drug treatment recommended for patients with ventricular fibrillation that is resistant to conversion by defibrillator shocks. We performed a randomized trial comparing intravenous lidocaine with intravenous amiodarone as an adjunct to defibrillation in victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. METHODS Patients were enrolled if they ha...