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Thalamic pain is a distressing and treatment-resistant type of central post-stroke pain. Although stellate ganglion block is an established intervention used in pain management, its use in the treatment of thalamic pain has never been reported. A 66-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of severe intermittent lancinating pain on the right side of the […]
Read MoreStellate ganglion blocks have been shown to provide effective pain relief in a number of different conditions, but no one had reported stellate ganglion blocks for the treatment of epileptic pain. We describe a case report of the successful use of stellate ganglion block in the treatment of epileptic pain in the patient. A 8-year-old […]
Read MoreWe present a case in which extracorporeal life support treatment of a 6-year-old girl asphyxiated by aspiration of an elliptic plastic ball is described. The attempts for extraction of the foreign body by conventional bronchoscopy under critically ill conditions had failed. Thus, a skin incision was made in the midline, and an emergency open-chest cardiopulmonary […]
Read MoreRecurrent laryngeal nerve block is an uncommon complication that can occur after an interscalene brachial plexus block (ISB), which may lead to vocal cord palsy or paresis. However, if the recurrent laryngeal nerve is blocked in patients with a preexisting contralateral vocal cord palsy following neck surgery, this may lead to devastating acute respiratory failure. […]
Read MoreAuthors: Miner JR et al., Am J Emerg Med 2017 Apr 21; Frequency of adverse events was similar, but fewer propofol patients reported pain or memory of the procedure. Alfentanil is an ultrashort-acting opioid that induces analgesia for 7 to 9 minutes. In a single-blind (patient blinded), randomized, controlled trial, investigators at an urban county medical center […]
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