Articles: nerve-block.
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Case Reports
Superior laryngeal nerve block: an aid to intubating the patient with fractured mandible.
Awake nasotracheal intubation in the patient with a fractured mandible may be facilitated by combining bilateral superior laryngeal nerve block with topical application of local anesthetic to the nose, mouth, and trachea. Successful use of this technique is described in two such patients.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jan 1984
Case Reports[Pourfour Du Petit syndrome following brachial plexus block].
While Horner's syndrome resulted from a paralysis of the cervical sympathetic outflow, its opposite, Pourfour Du Petit's syndrome, was caused by the irritation of these nerves. The case described occurred after brachial plexus block.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Nov 1983
Comparison of neural blockade and pharmacokinetics after subarachnoid lidocaine in the rhesus monkey. II: Effects of volume, osmolality, and baricity.
The effects of volume, osmolality, and baricity on lidocaine spinal anesthesia in the rhesus monkey were studied. Changes in neural blockade, physical properties of cerebrospinal fluid, and arterial pharmacokinetics associated with variations in injectate composition were assessed. Wide ranges of volume, baricity, and osmolality were studied using 1, 2, and 5% lidocaine prepared in either sterile water or 7.5% dextrose. ⋯ No differences in elimination phase pharmacokinetics were found with any of the lidocaine solutions. Rates of systemic absorption increased with decreasing osmolality. Osmotic potentiation of lidocaine spinal anesthesia could not be demonstrated.