Articles: anesthetics.
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Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Jun 1980
Anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions to intravenous anesthetic agents.
A brief review of anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions to some i.v. anaesthetic agents is presented. Etiology, mechanisms, preventive aspects and treatment are discussed.
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Report of six patients with corneal lesions due to abuse of local anesthetics. Depending on the duration and frequency of application of local anesthetics and individual disposition, the following lesions occur: superficial punctate keratitis, corneal erosions, edema of epithelium and stroma, stromal infiltrates, stromal defects, iritis, cataract, secondary glaucoma. ⋯ The most important local anesthetics currently in use are mentioned. Local anesthetics for the eye should only be administered by the physician.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · May 1980
Assessment of block of the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa.
Success of block of the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa in 130 patients was assessed by an anesthesiologist at the time of surgery. The patients were evaluated for complications by the anesthesiologist during postoperative rounds and by the orthopedic surgeon at the 1-month follow-up visit. Acceptance of the block by the patient was judged by answers on a questionnaire filled out by the patients after they had gone home. ⋯ Two patients described sensations compatible with postoperative paresthesias, and two others described sensations that may have been paresthesias; in none did the sensations last longer than 1 month. Assessment of the blocks by the anesthesiologist in all 130 patients in the study revealed that anesthesia satisfactory for completion of the operative procedure was achieved in 107 (82.3%). General anesthesia was needed in eight patients (6.2%), and in 15 patients (11.5%) intravenous sedation or injection of the site of surgical incision with local anesthesia (or both) was needed.