Articles Tagged With: anesthetic
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Mortality and Costs of Status Epilepticus
In an analysis of a large group of patients hospitalized with status epilepticus, based on an administrative database, patients who required a third line of intravenous anesthetic agents had the highest mortality and highest hospital costs.
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Ultrasound-guided Nerve Blocks in the Emergency Department
Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks offer effective and safe alternatives to systemic analgesics to manage pain in the ED. This article reviews the literature supporting the use of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in the ED and describes how to perform some of the most basic nerve blocks.