The use of intravenous lidocaine for postoperative pain and recovery: international consensus statement on efficacy and safety

Foo, Irwin; Macfarlane, Alan; Srivastava, Devjit; Bhaskar, Arun; Barker, Helen; Knaggs, Roger; Eipe, Naveen; F Smith, Andrew

doi:10.1111/anae.15270

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The use of intravenous lidocaine for postoperative pain and recovery: international consensus statement on efficacy and safety

Published in Anaesthesia • Nov 3, 2020

Authors:

Irwin Foo

Alan Macfarlane

Devjit Srivastava

Abstract

Summary Intravenous lidocaine is used widely for its effect on postoperative pain and recovery but it can be, and has been, fatal when used inappropriately and incorrectly. The risk‐benefit ratio of i.v. lidocaine varies with type of surgery and with patient factors such as comorbidity (including pr...

Subject

Lidocaine

Medicine

Anesthesia

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