Local anesthetics for the pediatric patient.

Abstract

Local anesthetics are often extremely useful in the management of acute, chronic, and procedural pain. They have a low therapeutic ratio, so physicians should not exceed established dosing guidelines for a single bolus or long-term infusions. New local anesthetics that promise better safety and longer duration of action are on the horizon.

• Authors: R T Wilder
• Journal: Pediatric clinics of North America (Pediatr Clin North Am) Vol. 47 Issue 3 Pg. 545-58 (Jun 2000) ISSN: 0031-3955 [Print] United States
• PMID: 10835990 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Anesthetics, Local

Topics

• Anesthetics, Local (administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Pain (drug therapy)