The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine has published a practice advisory on local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) called “Guidelines for the Management of Severe Local ...

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‌Local anesthesia numbs a part of your body so that your doctor can stitch up a wound or take a biopsy without you feeling any pain. Unlike general anesthesia, where you are put to sleep during a ...

Local anesthesia refers to using a drug called an anesthetic to temporarily numb a small area of your body. Your doctor might use a local anesthetic before doing a minor procedure, such as a skin ...

Local anesthesia prevents pain during procedures by blocking nerves from transmitting pain signals to the brain. The effects of local anesthetic are short-lived, so healthcare teams primarily use it ...

What's the maximum recommended dose for lidocaine or mepivacaine during dental procedures? The answer remains unclear as guidelines published by dental organizations differ from those of manufacturers ...

Over the last decade, poisonings and deaths linked to the use of local anesthetics have decreased. Even so, poisonings from ...

Poisonings and deaths linked to use of local anesthetics decreased over the last decade, but poisonings from lidocaine ...

Between two types of local anesthetics, there are 132 in short supply and 13 available, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Twenty bupivacaine injections from Pfizer are ...