Over the last decade, poisonings and deaths linked to the use of local anesthetics have decreased. Even so, poisonings from one commonly used anesthetic, lidocaine, have increased in the United States ...

A new study published in the Feb. 2012 issue of Anesthesiology found that the type of lipid emulsion used to reverse toxicity of local anesthetics may change the effectiveness of the reversal, ...

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine has published a practice advisory on local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) called “Guidelines for the Management of Severe Local ...

Over the last decade, poisonings and deaths linked to the use of local anesthetics have decreased. Even so, poisonings from one commonly used anesthetic, lidocaine, have increased in the United States ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of tumescent anesthesia allows for equal anesthetic distribution across large areas while decreasing the ...

Our results suggest that ultrasound guidance, HBV infection and the female sex are risk factors of LAST in LPBs and SNBs. For patients infected with HBV or female patients undergoing LPBs and SNBs, ...

Patients with traumatic injuries who are treated in the emergency room are susceptible to opioid-related adverse drug effects. Increased use of regional anesthesia can be helpful in the effort to ...

Medical researchers have developed a slow-release local anesthetic that could potentially revolutionize treatment of pain during and after surgery. By encapsulating anesthetics in fatty particles and ...

The localized loss of sensation with resultant reduction in pain stimuli is the end result of local anesthesia. This mode of anesthesia is considered to be safer than general anesthesia, because it ...