Nerve Block
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The use of mandibular nerve block to predict safe anaesthetic induction in patients with acute trismus.

30 Oct 2009 Acute trismus can be caused by pain, muscle spasm, swelling or mechanical obstruction. Unfortunately, the cause is not always obvious during pre-operative airway assessment. In this pilot study, we prospectively evaluated mandibular nerve block as a ... Read more...

Age-dependent bupivacaine-induced muscle toxicity during continuous peripheral nerve block in rats.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Regional blocks improve postoperative analgesia and postoperative rehabilitation in children and adult patients. Continuous peripheral nerve blocks have been proposed as safe and effective techniques for postoperative pain relief and ... Read more...

Differences in quantitative architecture of sciatic nerve may explain differences in potential vulnerability to nerve injury, onset time, and minimum effective anesthetic volume.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: In sciatic nerve (SN) blocks, differences are seen in risk of nerve damage, minimum effective anesthetic volume, and onset time. This might be related to differences in the ratio neural:nonneural tissue within the nerve. For the brachial ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Nerve Block'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Interscalene brachial plexus block: how safe is steep needle angulation? 30 Oct 2009
• The use of mandibular nerve block to predict safe anaesthetic induction in patients with acute trismus. 30 Oct 2009
• Age-dependent bupivacaine-induced muscle toxicity during continuous peripheral nerve block in rats. 30 Oct 2009
• Differences in quantitative architecture of sciatic nerve may explain differences in potential vulnerability to nerve injury, onset time, and minimum effective anesthetic volume. 30 Oct 2009
• "Above all, do no harm": hippocrates. 30 Oct 2009
• Perineural dexmedetomidine added to ropivacaine causes a dose-dependent increase in the duration of thermal antinociception in sciatic nerve block in rat. 30 Oct 2009
• Continuous transversus abdominis plane block for renal transplant recipients. 30 Oct 2009
• Ultrasound-guided paravertebral block using an intercostal approach. 30 Oct 2009
• Ropivacaine spinal anesthesia is not antagonized by ondansetron pretreatment. 30 Oct 2009
• An ultra-low dose of naloxone added to lidocaine or lidocaine-fentanyl mixture prolongs axillary brachial plexus blockade. 30 Oct 2009
• The effects of ultrasound guidance and neurostimulation on the minimum effective anesthetic volume of mepivacaine 1.5% required to block the sciatic nerve using the subgluteal approach. 30 Oct 2009
• The effect of a thoracic spinal block on fos expression in the lumbar spinal cord of the rat induced by a noxious electrical stimulus at the hindpaw. 30 Oct 2009
• Periprostatic nerve block (PNB) alone vs PNB combined with an anaesthetic-myorelaxant agent cream for prostate biopsy: a prospective, randomized double-arm study. 30 Oct 2009
• Economic aspects of regional anaesthesia. 29 Sep 2009
• Transversus abdominis plane block: what is its role in postoperative analgesia? 29 Sep 2009
• Oblique sub-costal transversus abdominis plane (TAP) catheters: an alternative to epidural analgesia after upper abdominal surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• The effect of flexion on the level of termination of the dural sac in paediatric patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Blind enough? Sham subtenon block in pediatric patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Continuous infraclavicular plexus blockade. 29 Sep 2009
• Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks: efficacy and safety. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Nerve Block'

Definition: Interruption of the conduction of impulses in peripheral nerves or nerve trunks by the injection of a local anesthetic solution. (Stedman, 26th ed)

Descriptor UI: D009407

Alternative terms: Nerve Block; Block, Nerve; Blocks, Nerve; Nerve Blocks;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E03.155.086.711; E04.525.210.550;

History Note: 74

Technical Notes: a form of denervation & conduction anesthesia; differentiate from NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE: see note there; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; do not use /pharmacol or /ther use with substance to induce block; don't forget AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK exists; coord with substance (with no qualif) used to induce the block if particularly discussed