Prilocaine, pethidine and intravenous regional anaesthesia

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...

Comparison of the disposition kinetics of lidocaine and ( ± )prilocaine in 20 patients undergoing intravenous regional anaesthesia during day case surgery

A randomized, double blind comparison of pethidine and ketoprofen as adjuvants for lignocaine in intravenous regional anaesthesia.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A review of all the adjuncts for intravenous regional anaesthesia concluded that there is good evidence to recommend NonSteroidal Anti-Inflammatory agents and pethidine in the dose of 30mg dose as adjuncts to intravenous regional anaesthesia. But there are no studies to compare pethidine of 30mg dose to any of the NonSteroidal Anti-Inflammatory agents. METHODS In a p...

Comparison of the disposition kinetics of lidocaine and (+/-)prilocaine in 20 patients undergoing intravenous regional anaesthesia during day case surgery.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this investigation was to compare the pharmacokinetics of lidocaine and prilocaine in two groups of 10 patients undergoing intravenous regional anaesthesia. METHOD The study had a randomized design. The patients were allocated to one of the two groups of 10. Each group received either lidocaine (200 mg = 0.855 mM) or prilocaine (Citanest, 200 mg = 0.909 mM), injected intr...

Regional Anaesthesia by the Intravenous Route.

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