Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2004
Case ReportsRegional anesthesia in a very low-birth-weight neonate for a neurosurgical procedure.
Peripheral nerve blocks can be successfully utilized in infants for neurosurgical procedures. Our objective was utilizing a series of peripheral nerve blocks for a neurosurgical procedure in a very low-birth-weight neonate. ⋯ We were able to successfully utilize peripheral nerve blocks and were able to blunt physiologic responses to surgical stress without compromising hemodynamic stability using high-dose opioids.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2004
Editorial CommentRestricting spinal block to the operative side: why not?