[Electrical failure with nerve stimulation: cases report and check list for prevention].
Functionality of the nerve stimulator and integrity of the electrical circuit should be verified and confirmed before performing peripheral nerve blockade. The clinical cases reported here demonstrate that electrical disconnection or malfunction during nerve localization can unpredictably occur and a checklist is described to prevent the unknown electrical circuit failure.
Choquet
O
O
Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital de la Conception, CHU de Marseille, 147, boulevard Baille, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France. olivier.choquet@ap-hm.fr
Feugeas
J-L
JL
Capdevila
X
X
Manelli
J-C
JC
D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*