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Intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate intravenous lidocaine’s safety and efficacy as an analgesic agent in the treatment of a variety of painful conditions presenting to the emergency department. METHODS: This case series identified seventeen patients who received lidocaine over a six month period and recorded dem...
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The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752626 http://dx.doi.org/10.15441/ceem.15.103 |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate intravenous lidocaine’s safety and efficacy as an analgesic agent in the treatment of a variety of painful conditions presenting to the emergency department. METHODS: This case series identified seventeen patients who received lidocaine over a six month period and recorded demographic data, amount of lidocaine administered, the amount of opioid medication administered before and after lidocaine, pre- and post-lidocaine pain scores, and any qualitative descriptors of the patient’s pain recorded in the record. Side effects and adverse events were also recorded. RESULTS: Of the seven patients who had a pre- and post-lidocaine pain score recorded, the mean reduction was 3 points on a 10 point scale. Patients who received lidocaine used less opioid medication. One patient received an improperly high dose of lidocaine and suffered a brief seizure and cardiac arrest, but was quickly resuscitated. CONCLUSION: This series suggests that lidocaine may be a useful adjunct in the treatment of acutely painful conditions in the emergency department. |
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spelling | pubmed-50516072016-10-17 Intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department Fitzpatrick, Brendan Michael Mullins, Michael Eugene Clin Exp Emerg Med Original Article OBJECTIVE: To evaluate intravenous lidocaine’s safety and efficacy as an analgesic agent in the treatment of a variety of painful conditions presenting to the emergency department. METHODS: This case series identified seventeen patients who received lidocaine over a six month period and recorded demographic data, amount of lidocaine administered, the amount of opioid medication administered before and after lidocaine, pre- and post-lidocaine pain scores, and any qualitative descriptors of the patient’s pain recorded in the record. Side effects and adverse events were also recorded. RESULTS: Of the seven patients who had a pre- and post-lidocaine pain score recorded, the mean reduction was 3 points on a 10 point scale. Patients who received lidocaine used less opioid medication. One patient received an improperly high dose of lidocaine and suffered a brief seizure and cardiac arrest, but was quickly resuscitated. CONCLUSION: This series suggests that lidocaine may be a useful adjunct in the treatment of acutely painful conditions in the emergency department. The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2016-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5051607/ /pubmed/27752626 http://dx.doi.org/10.15441/ceem.15.103 Text en Copyright © 2016 The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Fitzpatrick, Brendan Michael Mullins, Michael Eugene Intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department |
title | Intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department |
title_full | Intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department |
title_fullStr | Intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department |
title_full_unstemmed | Intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department |
title_short | Intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department |
title_sort | intravenous lidocaine for the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752626 http://dx.doi.org/10.15441/ceem.15.103 |
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