RT Book, Section
A1 McCartney, Colin J. L.
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3504091
T1 Chapter 9. Analgesic Adjuvants in the Peripheral Nervous System
T2 NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071449069
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3504091
RD 2024/04/20
AB Peripheral  nerve  blocks  provide  many  benefits  for  patients,  including  superior  pain  control  and  reduction  in  general  anesthesia-related  side  effects.  In  order  to  optimize  pain  relief  while  reducing  the  total  dose  of  local  anesthetic  it  would  be  of  use  to  add  a  drug  that  both  speeds  onset  and  prolongs  sensory  blockade  or  analgesic  effect.  Improvements  in  our  knowledge  of  peripheral  nervous  system  pain  mechanisms  allow  us  to  develop  methods  of  prolonging  analgesia  while  reducing  central  and  peripherally  mediated  adverse  effects.