Continuous peripheral nerve blockade for postoperative analgesia.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol
; 21(5): 602-9, 2008 Oct.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18784486
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review the recent literature involving the use of continuous peripheral nerve sheath catheters in the management of postoperative pain. RECENT FINDINGS:
Continuous peripheral nerve blocks provide superior analgesia and are associated with fewer opioid-induced side effects for patients undergoing extremity surgery. Ultrasound technology is being used with increasing frequency to guide the placements of continuous peripheral nerve blocks. The evidence is still equivocal regarding the superiority of stimulating versus nonstimulating catheters for the delivery of continuous peripheral nerve blockade. The incidence of major complications associated with continuous peripheral nerve blocks is very low and probably no different from single injection peripheral nerve blocks.SUMMARY:
Continuous peripheral nerve blocks are an excellent additional modality to compliment other multimodal analgesics to control moderate to severe postoperative pain.
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dor Pós-Operatória
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Nervos Periféricos
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Analgésicos
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Bloqueio Nervoso
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol
Assunto da revista:
ANESTESIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos