Does Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block Provide Superior Pain Control to Opioids? A Meta-Analysis

By Jeffrey M. Richman, Spencer S. Liu, Genevieve E Courpas, Robert Wong, Andrew J. Rowlingson, J. McGready, Seth R. Cohen, Christopher L. Wu. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2006

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Subfields: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Surgery

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• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the Intensive Care Unit (2013, background): “Regional or neuraxial (spinal or epidural) modalities may also be used for postoperative analgesia following selected surgical procedures (93, 94).”
• Sedation in the intensive care setting (2012, positive): “Blockade of an individual nerve or nerve plexus may provide relief of pain localized to one extremity, and this targeted action can be prolonged by placement of a peripheral nerve catheter.(10) Pain due to thoracic or upper abdominal trauma or surgery can be managed by intercostal nerve blocks, whic”