Since the first description in the early 1990s, the scope of intravenous infusions tests has expanded to encompass multiple drug classes and indications. Purported advantages of these tests include elucidating mechanisms of pain, providing temporary relief of symptoms, and usefulness as prognostic tools in guiding drug therapy. In an attempt to discern the value of these tests, the authors cond...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous tremor is relatively common in normothermic patients after operation and has been attributed to many causes. The hypothesis that nonthermoregulatory shivering-like tremor is facilitated by postoperative pain was tested. In addition, the effects of intravenous lidocaine on nonthermoregulatory tremor were evaluated. METHODS Patients undergoing knee surgery were anesthetiz...

R. Fallah MD Abstract: Objective Refractory convulsive Status Epilepticus (SE) which does not respond to first line drugs (benzodiazepines, phenytoin and phenobarbital) heralds an emergency condition in pediatric neurology which can cause irreparable brain damage. There is no consensus on the choice of drug treatment for refractory generalized convulsive status epilepticus in children. Lidocain...

A 12-day-old boy presented with duskiness 4 h after circumcision with local anesthesia: infiltration with lidocaine (6 mL 1 %) and topical EMLA cream (2.5 % lidocaine/2.5 % prilocaine). He had no respiratory distress, but a strikingly dark skin. A blood sample showed dark, chocolate brown blood with a raised methemoglobin of 49.8 % (normal <1.5 %) and a lactate of 10 mmol/L. A diagnosis of meth...

background there have been many concerns about alteration in hemodynamic parameters within and shortly after endotracheal intubation (eti) in patients scheduled for elective coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). objectives we compared the attenuation effect of magnesium sulfate and lidocaine on hemodynamic responses after eti, in patients undergoing cabg. patients and methods in this randomiz...

Background: In order to accomplish the goals of this research project, lidocaine was administered intravenously (IV) patients who were experiencing neuropathic pain. The researchers had an interest in gaining a deeper understanding connections that exist between effect and concentration, as well graded quanta1 dose-response. Study Place: Kulsoom International Hospital Islamabad Duration: 6month...

Lidocaine is a use-dependent sodium channel blocker that produces analgesia when administered intravenously to patients with neuropathic pain. This article reviews the role and limitations of intravenous lidocaine infusions for neuropathic pain. Lidocaine infusions rarely provide relief that persists significantly beyond the duration of the infusion. Diagnostically, systemic lidocaine may help ...