NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES IN REGIONAL INTRAVENOUS ANALGESIA USING 1 PER CENT LIGNOCAINE

Nerve conduction studies in regional intravenous analgesia using 1 per cent lignocaine.

The effects of regional intravenous analgesia in the upper limb were studied in eight subjects by means of clinical examination and serial nerve conduction techniques. The changes following 1 per cent lignocaine analgesia and ischaemia were compared with those following ischaemia alone; the latter produced analgesia and impairment of conduction at a considerably slower rate than it did when com...

Intravenous regional anaesthesia using lignocaine and tramadol.

INTRODUCTION This prospective, randomised, double-blind study was designed to assess if the addition of 50 mg tramadol to 30 mL 0.5% lignocaine would improve the efficacy of intravenous regional anaesthesia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-four adult patients undergoing upper limb surgery were randomly allocated to receive either 30 mL 0.5% lignocaine and 1 mL normal saline (group A) or 30 mL 0.5...

Motor nerve conduction in intravenous regional anaesthesia with bupivacaine hydrochloride.

Motor nerve conduction (MNC) from proximal and distal points of the median and ulnar nerve was examined in 14 patients receiving a total of 29 i.v. regional anaesthetics (IRA) with bupivacaine hydrochloride in doses ranging from 100 to 300 mg. Conduction was tested during and following vascular obstruction, until MNC returned to pre-IRA value. After 20 min of obstruction, MNC was unobtainable i...

Intravenous Regional Analgesia: an Appraisal.

Nerve conduction studies in adrenomyeloneuropathy.

OBJECTIVE Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) is an X linked metabolic disorder presenting with progressive spastic paraparesis in the third to fifth decade of life. Although peripheral neuropathy is also present in most patients, prominent pyramidal signs may make its clinical recognition difficult. The objective was to characterise the peripheral neuropathy in patients with AMN by nerve conduction st...