Ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block in a pediatric patient with acute hepatitis: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2012.62.6.568
- Author:
Joon Ho LEE
1
;
Young Rok KIM
;
Ho Kyung YU
;
Sung Hwan CHO
;
Sang Hyun KIM
;
Won Seok CHAE
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea. anpjuno@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Brachial plexus;
Pediatrics;
Regional anesthesia;
Ultrasonography
- MeSH:
Anesthesia, Conduction;
Anesthetics, Local;
Brachial Plexus;
Child;
Drug-Induced Liver Injury;
Humans;
Infant;
Pediatrics
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2012;62(6):568-570
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The interscalene brachial plexus block is not commonly used in pediatric regional anesthesia. The increasing popularity of ultrasound has allowed more anesthesiologists to perform regional anesthesia with high success rates in pediatric patients with the direct visualization of the target nerve and spread of local anesthetics. We present a case of interscalene brachial plexus block under ultrasound guidance in a 17-month-old child with acute drug-induced hepatitis who required fixation of a fracture of the lateral humeral condyle.
