Anesthetic Experiences with Intravenous Lidocaine for Upper Limb Operations .
10.4097/kjae.1976.9.2.193
- Author:
Chang Soo RYOO
1
;
Byung Woo MIN
;
Dae Won PARK
;
Sang Hwa LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Analgesia;
Anesthesia;
Body Weight;
Humans;
Lidocaine*;
Methods;
Oxygen;
Tourniquets;
Upper Extremity*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1976;9(2):193-196
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
During the past two years, we had 80 cases of intravenous lidocaine anesthesia for upper limb operations. Per kilogram of body weight, we usually used 1.0~3.0mg of 0,5~0.8% lidocaine and a pressure of 200~300 mmHg(about 100 mmHg higher than the patients systolic blood pressure) by means of an Inflato-Matic dual cuff tourniquet which was also connected with an Inflato-Matic 2, 000 Tourniquet Regulator and oxygen tank. Analgesia occurred about 5 10 minutes after injection with relative satisfaction and, fortunately, no kind of serious complications ensued after releasing the tourniquet. It is not only a simple technique and of low cost to give the anesthesia to the patient(in-patient or out-patient), but also it is possible to perform anywhere and at any time without serious complications or complexities of any other method of anesthesia.
