Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Review

Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Review

Peripheral Nerve Blocks (PNBs) are widely used for postoperative pain management. PNBs can improve postoperative recovery time and decrease the use of opiates after surgery. PNBs with Local Anaesthetics (LAs) alone last only a few hours. Adjuvants are medications that can be added to LAs to prolong...

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Main Author: Prannal Bansal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
adjunct
pain management
post-op-analgesia
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12494/38311_CE[Ra1]_F(AC)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA_PB(AG_SHU)_PN(SL).pdf
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spelling doaj-1b64f2365c134a878155df263992c3412020-11-25T02:13:07ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2019-01-01131UE01UE0710.7860/JCDR/2019/38311.12494Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A ReviewPrannal Bansal0Department of Anesthesia, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.Peripheral Nerve Blocks (PNBs) are widely used for postoperative pain management. PNBs can improve postoperative recovery time and decrease the use of opiates after surgery. PNBs with Local Anaesthetics (LAs) alone last only a few hours. Adjuvants are medications that can be added to LAs to prolong the duration of PNBs. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is one such adjuvant that has been studied extensively in PNBs. The aim of this review was to present an up-to-date literature on the use of DEX in various PNBs.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12494/38311_CE[Ra1]_F(AC)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA_PB(AG_SHU)_PN(SL).pdfadjunctpain managementpost-op-analgesia
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Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Review
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
adjunct
pain management
post-op-analgesia
author_facet Prannal Bansal
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title Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Review
title_short Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Review
title_full Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Review
title_fullStr Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetic Agents in Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Review
title_sort dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to local anaesthetic agents in peripheral nerve blocks: a review
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Peripheral Nerve Blocks (PNBs) are widely used for postoperative pain management. PNBs can improve postoperative recovery time and decrease the use of opiates after surgery. PNBs with Local Anaesthetics (LAs) alone last only a few hours. Adjuvants are medications that can be added to LAs to prolong the duration of PNBs. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is one such adjuvant that has been studied extensively in PNBs. The aim of this review was to present an up-to-date literature on the use of DEX in various PNBs.
topic adjunct
pain management
post-op-analgesia
url https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/12494/38311_CE[Ra1]_F(AC)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA_PB(AG_SHU)_PN(SL).pdf
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