Are Patients Satisfied After Peripheral Nerve Blockade? Results From an International Registry of Regional Anesthesia

Abstract

A high proportion of survey respondents were willing to undergo repeat PNB in case of future surgery and were satisfied with their anesthetic care. Targeted interventions to improve quality of PNB should be aimed at improving comfort, information provision, and physician-patient interaction.

Regional Anesthesia

“…In a study using 450 mg ropivacaine with or without epinephrine for combined sciatic and femoral nerve block, T max (SD) was 1.67 (0.94) hours for the solution containing epinephrine, and 1.17 (0.30) hours for the epinephrine-free solution. 1 In our patient, convulsions started approximately 80 minutes after ropivacaine infiltration; because the infiltration consisted of 300 mg ropivacaine with epinephrine and 100 mg ropivacaine without epinephrine, we believe that a T max of 80 minutes (1.33 hours) is in accordance with the aforementioned study.…”

Pathophysiology and Etiology of Nerve Injury Following Peripheral Nerve Blockade

“…70 The safety of performing regional anesthesia in anesthetized or heavily sedated patients is controversial 71 ; however this topic has been addressed in detail in another section of this current practice advisory.…”

Anterior Suprascapular Nerve Block Versus Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block for Shoulder Surgery in the Outpatient Setting

“…[22][23][24] Patients' satisfaction translated into significantly stronger recommendation of regional anesthesia to friends or family (Fig. 4, middle and lower panels).…”