• AANA journal · Jun 2012

    Clinical Trial

    Skin electrical resistance does not change following infraclavicular block.

    • Amit Lehavi, Alexander Kiorescu, Philippe Abecasis, Arkady Baskevitch, and Yeshayahu Katz.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Rambam Healthcare Campus, Haifa, Israel. amit.lehavi@gmail.com
    • AANA J. 2012 Jun 1; 80 (3): 185-8.

    AbstractPeripheral nerve blocks are common and effective means for anesthesia for limb surgery. The evaluation of the success of a peripheral blockade is based on the loss of sensation, with no objective means of detecting a successful block. The autonomic innervation to the upper extremity, which controls both the vascular tone and the activity of sweat glands, is supplied by nerve fibers accompanying the somatic nerve fibers. Previous studies have shown changes in both skin temperature and electrical resistance of the skin following brachial plexus block. We studied 20 patients undergoing hand surgery under infraclavicular brachial plexus block. The electrical resistance of the skin on the palmar aspect of the forearm was continuously recorded on the block arm and on the contralateral arm using a commercial skin resistance monitor. No statistically significant change in the electrical resistance of the skin was observed during 20 minutes after placement of the block. These results strongly suggest that the electrical resistance of the skin cannot be used to predict a successful infraclavicular block.

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