Nerve or Wound Catheters with Continuous Infusions of Local Anesthetics
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Category:
Pain Treatment - Pharmacologic.
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Age Range:
Age 0-12m (Infant), Age 01y-11y (Child), Age 12y-18y (Adolescent), Age 18y+ (Young Adult).
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Tags:
Assessment, Epidural, Local Anesthetic, Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity, Local Anesthetic Toxicity, Monitoring, Regional Anesthesia, Side effect.
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Type of Document:
Nursing Guideline, Treatment Guideline.
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Type of Pain:
Acute, Cancer pain, Critical care, Disease related pain, Palliative, Post-operative.
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Author:
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
To provide specific guidelines for the management of patients receiving local anesthetics via nerve or wound catheters. To provide relief of pain using a continuous infusion of a local anesthetic directly into the surgical site or around a nerve in a safe and therapeutic manner.