Open AccessIntravenous lidocaine infusion: should we stop or continue?
Author(s) -
Alexey Mikhailovich Ovechkin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
regionarnaâ anesteziâ i lečenie ostroj boli
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-1394
pISSN - 1993-6508
DOI - 10.17816/1993-6508-2021-15-1-5-8
Subject(s) - lidocaine , medicine , perioperative , anesthesia , intravenous regional anesthesia , intensive care medicine
The article is a response to an editorial published in the February 2021 issue of Anesthesia that negatively assessed the prospects for the intravenous infusion of lidocaine as a component of postoperative analgesia. The issues regarding the effectiveness and safety of this technique are considered. The data on evidence-based medicine confirming the advisability of perioperative intravenous infusion of lidocaine are presented.