Retrosternal block use in the treatment for dyspnoea.
We present a technique of retrosternal block for symptomatic treatment for dyspnoea of various aetiologies. In our experience with 20 patients, a retrosternal block using lignocaine improved symptoms within minutes. The block was easy to perform and was helpful when the patients' symptoms were not relieved by conventional therapy. Prospective controlled studies are needed to further assess this simple and promising treatment.
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Rambam Medical Center and Laboratory of Anaesthesia, Pain and Neural Research, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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D000368:Aged; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D013249:Sternum / Q000294:innervation*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine; D010100:Oxygen