Factors associated with failed brachial plexus regional anesthesia for upper limb surgery

Conclusions There were no factors determined by patient, anesthetic procedure, surgical procedure and operator that could be independently associated with brachial plexus block failure. The suggestion is to fine-tune the definition of failures, not just in the research environment, but in the current clinical practice; to improve the anesthesia records to rise the numbers and the quality of data bases for a quantitative determination of the risk of peripheral regional anesthesia failure and design prevention strategies focused on risk groups.
Source: Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research