British journal of anaesthesia
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Multicenter Study
Comparison of subgluteal sciatic nerve block duration in type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic patients.
Although animal studies demonstrated delayed recovery after nerve block in laboratory models of diabetes, the duration of the action of sciatic nerve blocks clinically in patients with diabetes remains to be determined. We studied the duration of a sciatic nerve block in type 2 diabetic patients compared with non-diabetic patients. ⋯ These findings demonstrate that diabetic patients with pre-existing incipient neuropathy exhibit delayed recovery from the block with ropivacaine, confirming animal studies. Clinical trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01704612.
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Although telemedicine is one of the key initiatives of the World Health Organization, no study has explored the feasibility and efficacy of teleanaesthesia. This bi-centre pilot study investigates the feasibility of transcontinental anaesthesia. ⋯ Transcontinental anaesthesia is feasible; control of anaesthesia shows good performance indexes. Clinical registration number NCT01331096.