• Br J Anaesth · May 1993

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    The pressor response to venous cannulation: attenuation by prior infiltration with local anaesthetic.

    • B T Langham and D A Harrison.
    • University of Nottingham, Nottingham City Hospital.
    • Br J Anaesth. 1993 May 1;70(5):519-21.

    AbstractWe have compared the cardiovascular response to insertion of an 18-gauge venous cannula in 40 healthy patients. In 20 of the patients, cannulation was preceded by infiltration of local anaesthetic. Both rate-pressure product and mean arterial pressure increased significantly (P < 0.01) compared with baseline when no local infiltration was used, but there was no significant change from baseline when infiltration with local anaesthetic preceded cannulation. We conclude that there is a significant pressor response to venous cannulation which is obtunded by prior infiltration with local anaesthetic. We recommend, therefore, that s.c. injection of lignocaine should be considered before insertion of an i.v. cannula, especially in the high risk patient.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    This article appears in the collection: Does subcutaneous local anaesthetic reduce the pain of cannulation?.

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…