Axillary Block as the Sole Anesthetic for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Placement in an Infant with Goldenhar Syndrome | Zendy

Ma. Carmen Bernardo-Ocampo | Zendy

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Axillary Block as the Sole Anesthetic for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Placement in an Infant with Goldenhar Syndrome

Author(s) -

Ma. Carmen Bernardo-Ocampo

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in anesthesiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6390

pISSN - 2090-6382

DOI - 10.1155/2013/956807

Subject(s) - medicine , peripherally inserted central catheter , brachial plexus , local anesthetic , anesthetic , anesthesia , peripheral nerve , catheter , surgery , peripheral , anatomy

The use of peripheral nerve block as the sole anesthetic in infants is not very common. Studies have demonstrated that ultrasound guided (USG) peripheral nerve block is associated with higher overall success rate when compared with nerve stimulation (Rubin et al., 2009, and Gelfand et al., 2011). Described below is a medically complex infant who had an USG axillary brachial plexus block for peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) placement.

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