Esmolol, Antinociception, and Its Potential Opioid-Sparing Role in Routine Anesthesia Care.

abstract：:This article in our series on point-of-care ultrasound (US) for the regional anesthesiologist and pain management specialist describes the emerging role of gastric ultrasonography. Although gastric US is a relatively new point-of-care US application in the perioperative setting, its relevance for the regional anesthes...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Haskins SC,Kruisselbrink R,Boublik J,Wu CL,Perlas A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to describe the first reported use of an axillary brachial plexus block to treat the entrapment of a transradial artery catheter due to vasospasm. CASE REPORT:A 42-year-old man undergoing transradial arterial cardiac catheterization suffered arterial vasospasm causing the catheter to become...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Fitzgerald BM,Babbel LA,Bacomo FK,Dhanjal ST

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has shifted to competency-based medical education. This educational framework requires the description of educational outcomes based on the knowledge, skills and behaviors expected of competent trainees. It also requires an assessment program to provide formativ...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Woodworth G,Maniker RB,Spofford CM,Ivie R,Lunden NI,Machi AT,Elkassabany NM,Gritsenko K,Kukreja P,Vlassakov K,Tedore T,Schroeder K,Missair A,Herrick M,Shepler J,Wilson EH,Horn JL,Barrington M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:A variety of brachial plexus block techniques via the interscalene approach have been proposed. We describe here a new middle interscalene perivascular approach to the brachial plexus. To verify its effectiveness, we studied 719 patients scheduled for shoulder arthroscopy. Furthermore, to veri...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Alemanno F,Capozzoli G,Egarter-Vigl E,Gottin L,Alberto B

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) is an analgesic modality involving the insertion of a lead through an introducing needle followed by the delivery of electric current. This modality has been reported to treat chronic pain as well as postoperative pain the day following knee surg...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Ilfeld BM,Gabriel RA,Said ET,Monahan AM,Sztain JF,Abramson WB,Khatibi B,Finneran JJ 4th,Jaeger PT,Schwartz AK,Ahmed SS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Paresthesia occasionally occurs during dural puncture or injection of local anesthetic for spinal anesthesia. Although the incidence of neurologic complications after spinal anesthesia is extremely low, the significance of paresthesia is unknown. The influence of known lumbar spine pathology o...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Tetzlaff JE,Dilger JA,Wu C,Smith MP,Bell G

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This prospective, randomized, and multicentered study was undertaken to evaluate the success rate of coracoid infraclavicular nerve block performed with a nerve stimulator when either 1 or 3 motor responses were sought. METHODS:Eighty patients who presented for elbow, forearm, or wrist surger...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Gaertner E,Estebe JP,Zamfir A,Cuby C,Macaire P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Concern for block-related injury and liability has dissuaded many anesthesiologists from using regional anesthesia for eye and extremity surgery, despite many studies demonstrating the benefits of regional over general anesthesia. To determine injury patterns and liability associated with eye ...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Lee LA,Posner KL,Cheney FW,Caplan RA,Domino KB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Peripheral nerve blocks can be successfully utilized in infants for neurosurgical procedures. Our objective was utilizing a series of peripheral nerve blocks for a neurosurgical procedure in a very low-birth-weight neonate. CASE REPORT:We report the use of supraorbital, great auricular, and g...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Suresh S,Bellig G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The duration of nerve block is longer in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats for all local anesthetics (with and without adjuvants) compared with normal rats. Perioperative glycemic control is currently practiced to reduce adverse events in many at-risk patients, especially in diabetic ...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Kroin JS,Buvanendran A,Tuman KJ,Kerns JM

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We present a case of reappearance of spinal anesthesia despite the use of plain (isobaric) lidocaine and without an associated cough or Valsalva maneuver. CASE REPORT:A 66-year-old man had spinal anesthesia for knee arthroscopy. Two hours after the induction of spinal anesthesia and after the patient's motor...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Deleon AM,Benzon HT,Eisenman TS,Doty RA Jr,Newell B,McLaughlin K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Whether patients titrate themselves to an individualized blood or plasma opioid concentration (the so-called minimum effective concentration or [MEC]) has been debated extensively. Nevertheless, there is consistent opinion that during patient controlled analgesia (PCA) patients balance accepta...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Woodhouse A,Mather LE

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Conflicting definitions concerning the exact location of the lumbar plexus have been proposed. The present study was carried out to detect anatomical variants regarding the topographical relation between the lumbar plexus and the psoas major muscle as well as lumbar plexus anatomy at the L4-L5...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Kirchmair L,Lirk P,Colvin J,Mitterschiffthaler G,Moriggl B

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neosaxitoxin (NeoSTX) is a potent site-1 sodium-channel blocker being developed as a local anesthetic. Doses of 100 μg have been used by local infiltration in anesthetized adult humans without adverse effect. We hypothesized that similar doses could cause significant respiratory, neuromuscular, and cardiovas...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Wylie MC,Johnson VM,Carpino E,Mullen K,Hauser K,Nedder A,Kheir JN,Rodriguez-Navarro AJ,Zurakowski D,Berde CB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block is a novel regional analgesia technique to reduce pain after hip surgery and hip fractures. This review was conducted to summarize current literature. METHODS:A scoping review was carried out using the Joanna Briggs Institute framework. All articles describing the use...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Morrison C,Brown B,Lin DY,Jaarsma R,Kroon H

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to describe and assess the accuracy and feasibility of a novel technique for ultrasound-guided maxillary nerve block using the lateral pterygoid plate (LPP) approach via the pterygopalatine fossa (PPF) in a soft cadaveric model. METHODS:Ten soft cadavers were studied. The cur...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Kampitak W,Tansatit T,Shibata Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The perception of high resistance during injection of a local anesthetic during regional anesthesia may indicate intraneural injection. Anesthetists' ability to detect high resistance by "syringe feel" has been questioned in the past. The aim of our study was to investigate the anesthetist's ability to detec...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Theron PS,Mackay Z,Gonzalez JG,Donaldson N,Blanco R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A difficult neuraxial block (DNB) may be associated with complications. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of DNB, assess patient-related and organizational factors associated with DNB, and evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of an accumulated risk score for predicting DNB. METHODS:A consec...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Stendell L,Lundstrøm LH,Wetterslev J,Itenov TS,Rosenstock CV

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In order to prolong labor analgesia, one may add intrathecal epinephrine to the combination of bupivacaine and fentanyl. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the addition of intrathecal epinephrine would lessen the requirement for a rescue dose of epidural analgesia during labor. METH...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Okutomi T,Mochizuki J,Amano K,Datta S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine whether an intrabursal morphine and bupivacaine mixed infusion provides useful analgesia for prolonged pain relief after subacromial arthroscopic operation. METHODS:A continuous intrabursal infusion catheter was inserted at the conclusion of the subacrom...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Park JY,Lee GW,Kim Y,Yoo MJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) analgesics is controversial because of cardiovascular risk, but perioperative use may be advantageous for total joint replacement. Thus, we performed this single-center observational cohort study to determine any association between NSAID use...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Liu SS,Bae JJ,Bieltz M,Ma Y,Memtsoudis S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The majority of intrathecal pumps are implanted by anesthesiologists. Despite a recent increase in case reports involving intrathecal catheter-tip inflammatory masses, this complication is rarely reported in the anesthesiology literature. The present case report describes a patient with spinal cord compressi...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Peng P,Massicotte EM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Several types of quadratus lumborum block (QLB) are used for postoperative analgesia and are believed to be effective against both somatic and visceral pain via a local anesthetic (LA) effect in the paravertebral space (PVS). However, it remains unclear whether all QLB techniques result in LA ...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Tamura T,Kitamura K,Yokota S,Ito S,Shibata Y,Nishiwaki K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:This prospective randomized trial compared ultrasound-guided single-injection (SI) and triple-injection (TI) subparaneural popliteal sciatic nerve block. We hypothesized that multiple injections are not required when local anesthetic (LA) is deposited under the paraneurium because the latter e...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Tiyaprasertkul W,Bernucci F,González AP,Leurcharusmee P,Yazer MS,Techasuk W,Arnuntasupakul V,de la Garza DC,Finlayson RJ,Tran DQ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports exist of severe upper back pain of unknown etiology after administration of large volumes into the epidural space. We present a case of an otherwise healthy parturient who developed severe upper back and neck pain after receiving only a small volume of epidural medication. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Dickerson DM,Dai R,Scavone BM,McDade W

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multimodal analgesia protocols have shortened hospitalizations after total joint arthroplasty. It is unclear whether individual components of these protocols are associated with respiratory depression during phase I postanesthesia recovery. OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that sedating analgesics used in ...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Weingarten TN,Jacob AK,Njathi CW,Wilson GA,Sprung J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:After peripheral inflammatory stimuli, spinal cord cyclooyxgenase-2 (COX-2) mRNA and protein levels increase, whereas COX-1 is unchanged. In animal models of inflammatory pain, intrathecal COX-2 selective inhibitors suppress hyperalgesia. However, the role of spinal COX-2 inhibition in postope...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Kroin JS,Buvanendran A,McCarthy RJ,Hemmati H,Tuman KJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Postoperative pain is the expected but nonetheless undesirable byproduct of all surgical procedures. Humanitarian concerns and recent quasi-governmental regulations have heightened awareness about the importance of treating postoperative pain. This guideline builds upon the foundation created ...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Rosenquist RW,Rosenberg J,United States Veterans Administration.

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The current intensity at which a motor response is elicited with an intraneural needle placement has been inadequately studied. We hypothesized that electrical current delivered through an intraneurally placed needle does not always result in an evoked motor response. Our secondary objective w...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Tsai TP,Vuckovic I,Dilberovic F,Obhodzas M,Kapur E,Divanovic KA,Hadzic A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is a postural headache syndrome unrelated to dural puncture. Due to the apparent failure of epidural blood patch to relieve headache in spontaneous intracranial hypotension, we investigated the epidemiologic features and treatment outcomes of this condition...

journal_title：Regional anesthesia and pain medicine

authors： Diaz JH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00