The role of regional anaesthesia in the management of acute pain

Publication date: Available online 4 July 2019Source: Anaesthesia & Intensive Care MedicineAuthor(s): Philip Hassell, James StimpsonAbstractThe role of regional anaesthesia in anaesthetic practice has become essential to enhance acute pain control, minimize the use of systemic opioids and optimize the multidisciplinary approach to enhanced recovery programmes. They are used as powerful tools to enable ambulatory surgery in a wide variety of surgical specialties and reduce the transition from acute to chronic pain. Adjuncts to local anaesthetics can be used to prolong block time and target nociception specifically allowing motor function to remain.
Source: Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research