The analgesic effect of three different doses of nitroglycerine when added to lidocaine for intravenous regional anesthesia in trauma patients.
CONCLUSION: The addition of 400 µg NTG to lidocaine in IVRA shortens the onset of sensory and motor block in trauma patients and improves the quality of anesthesia and perioperative analgesia better than the addition of 200 µg or 300 µg NTG, without causing side effects.
PMID: 22290001 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery : TJTES)
XYLOCAINE (Lidocaine Hcl) Injection, Solution [General Injectables Vaccines, Inc]
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