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Failure of intravenous regional analgesia using a double cuff tourniquet
Author(s) -
OGDEN P. N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb07314.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intravenous regional anesthesia , tourniquet , cuff , anesthesia , analgesic , regional anaesthesia , surgery , occlusion
Summary A case is presented of an elderly, obese patient with calcified peripheral vessels in whom an intravenous regional analgesic technique failed because arterial occlusion could not be achieved safely with a double cuff tourniquet. The possible causes and precautions are discussed.