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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Practitioners mix faster-onset, intermediate-duration local anesthetics (LAs) with slower-onset, long-duration LAs to get fast peripheral nerve block (PNB) onset and long duration. We hypothesized that 1.5% mepivacaine (with epinephrine) (mepivacaine) or 1.5% mepivacaine (with epinephrine) mixed with 0.5% bupivacaine (mixed) would reduce PNB sensory onset by 20% or more versus 0.5% bupivacaine alone (bupivacaine). METHODS:Patients (n = 93) having arm surgery were randomized to 1 of the 3 LA groups. Infraclavicular PNB was administered using 1 of 3 LAs; afterward, PNB sensory (motor) onset, duration, and other outcomes were assessed. Subjects, physicians, and the biostatistician were blinded until study completion. RESULTS:Median (interquartile range) PNB sensory onset (in minutes) was as follows: mepivacaine, 3 (3-6); mixed, 6 (3-6); and bupivacaine, 6 (3-12) (P = 0.0085). Mepivacaine PNB sensory onset was not faster than mixed (P = 0.57), but mixed was faster than bupivacaine (P = 0.0035). More mixed group patients achieved PNB sensory onset (0.81) versus the bupivacaine group (0.54) at 6 mins. Median (interquartile range) PNB motor onset (in minutes) was as follows: mepivacaine, 15 (12-18); mixed, 17 (12-21); and bupivacaine, 21 (12-24) (P < 0.0001). Median sensory and motor PNB duration (in minutes) was as follows: mepivacaine, 281 and 320; mixed, 439 and 556; and bupivacaine, 850 and 1109. Sensory (motor) PNB duration was shorter with mepivacaine versus mixed (P < 0.0001, P = 0.034), and mixed was shorter versus bupivacaine (P = 0.0243, P = 0.034). CONCLUSIONS:Mixing 1.5% mepivacaine (with epinephrine) with 0.5% bupivacaine speeds up PNB sensory (motor) onset compared with 0.5% bupivacaine alone.
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Reg Anesth Pain Medjournal_title
Regional anesthesia and pain medicineauthors
Laur JJ,Bayman EO,Foldes PJ,Rosenquist RWdoi
10.1097/AAP.0b013e318236bc30subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-01-01 00:00:00pages
28-33issue
1eissn
1098-7339issn
1532-8651journal_volume
37pub_type
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