CJA
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a scholarly reply
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Chan, C. S.
Right arrow Articles by Chow, S. P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Chan, C. S.
Right arrow Articles by Chow, S. P.

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 34, 21-25, Copyright © 1987 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

ARTICLES

Intravenous regional analgesia with a forearm tourniquet

CS Chan, WK Pun, YM Chan and SP Chow

Lidocaine 0.5 per cent in a dose of 2 mg X kg-1 was used for intravenous regional analgesia with the tourniquet cuff placed over the forearm. The level of tourniquet cuff pressure employed was the arterial "occlusion pressure" plus 50 mmHg. In 48 normotensive patients successful analgesia was achieved; in seven hypertensive patients, four were pain-free, but the other three required more lidocaine to achieve adequate analgesia. No toxic symptoms and signs were observed. Measurement of serum lidocaine concentrations in 12 patients confirmed the safety of the technique, although small leakage of lidocaine past the inflated forearm tourniquet was detected in some patients.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Anesth. Analg.Home page
S. S. Reuben, R. B. Steinberg, H. Maciolek, and P. Manikantan
An Evaluation of the Analgesic Efficacy of Intravenous Regional Anesthesia with Lidocaine and Ketorolac Using a Forearm Versus Upper Arm Tourniquet
Anesth. Analg., August 1, 2002; 95(2): 457 - 460.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Anesth. Analg.Home page
R. J. Sawyer and H. von Schroeder
Temporary Bilateral Blindness After Acute Lidocaine Toxicity
Anesth. Analg., July 1, 2002; 95(1): 224 - 226.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1987 by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society.