• Carl Lo, Sang Le, Marisa Bell, and Eugene Kim.
• From the Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
• A A Pract. 2020 Sep 1; 14 (11): e01305.

AbstractLidocaine infusion is often used as part of a perioperative, multimodal pain management plan. We present its use to treat an 8-year-old child with devastating headaches. His symptoms stemmed from an inoperable supratentorial ependymoma that was causing thalamic bleeding and increased intracranial pressure. Many commonly used pain medications are associated with deleterious side effects such as bleeding and excessive sedation. These effects prevent lucidity for interactions, confound neurologic examination. A lidocaine infusion resulted in significant pain relief without these negative side effects. We discuss lidocaine infusion use and considerations for children suffering from intractable headaches.

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