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local anesthetic

[′lō·kəl ‚an·əs′thed·ik]
(pharmacology)
A drug which induces loss of sensation only in the region to which it is applied.
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Fortunately, experience with PCEA suggest safety concerns when utilizing dilute local anesthetic solutions are unwarranted.
Programmed Intermittent Epidural Boluses (PIEB) for Maintenance of Labor Analgesia: A Superior Technique to Continuous Epidural Infusion?
All patients had a free medical history and they were not sensitive to any anesthetic agent or its conservative and they were not taking any medication that may affect the response to the local anesthetic agent.
AN IN VIVO STUDY ON THE MINIMUM VOLUME OF MAXILLARY INFILTRATION ANESTHESIA FOR ROUTINE DENTAL WORK
KEY WORDS: Needle Free, Injection, Local Anesthetic delivery, Technology.
A Needle-Free Injection System (INJEXTM) with lidocaine for epidural needle insertion: A randomized controlled trial
Distracting the patientwhen injecting local anesthetics is one of modalities for pain reduction.
Minimizing the pain in local anesthesia injection - A review
Clinicians should attempt to utilize Intralipid in non-local anesthetic, lipophilic drug toxicities by modeling the dosing regimen used for local anesthetic systemic toxicities.
Intralipid emulsion rescue therapy: emerging therapeutic indications in medical practice
A prospective randomized trial of different supplementary local anesthetic techniques after failure of inferior alveolar nerve block in patients with irreversible pulpitis in mandibular teeth.
COMPARISON OF EFFECTIVENESS OF 4% ARTICAINE BUCCAL INFILTRATION VERSUS INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE BLOCK IN SYMPTOMATIC MANDIBULAR 1ST MOLAR TOOTH
The results of the present study supports the idea that precooling amplifies the pain threshold to stimuli such as a needle prick during local anesthetic injection and helps better patient management during routine dental procedures for pediatric patients.
Topical application of local anaesthetic gel vs ice in pediatric patients for infiltration anaesthesia
The mean VAS pain score of those who received a local anesthetic along the needle path was 23.
Is subcutaneous local anesthesia necessary in ultrasound-guided hip magnetic resonance arthrography?
Does local anesthetic dilution influence the clinical effectiveness of multiple-injection axillary brachial plexus block?
Protocolo y necesidad de kit para toxicidad sistemica por anestesicos locales
29) found no significant differences in the patients' hemodynamic response with lidocaine with epinephrine concerning the use of local anesthetic injection for single tooth extraction.
Holter ECG assessment of the effects of three different local anesthetic solutions on cardiovascular system in the sedated dental patients with coronary artery disease/Uc farkli lokal anestezik solusyonun koroner arter hastaligi olan sedatize edilmis dental hastalarda kardiyovaskuler sisteme olan etkilerinin EKG Holter cihazi ile degerlendirilmesi
In my opinion, there has not been a truly innovative new local anesthetic medication in the last 40 to 50 years," said study co-author Charles Berde, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston.
Local anesthetic derived from algae 'effectively blocks pain in surgical patients'
Randomized Clinical Trial of Local Anesthetic versus a Combination of Local Anesthetic with Self-Hypnosis in the Management of Pediatric Procedure-Related Pain.
Randomized Clinical Trial of Local Anesthetic versus a Combination of Local Anesthetic with Self-Hypnosis in the Management of Pediatric Procedure-Related Pain

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