title: [Ultrasound guided multiple peripheral nerve blocks in a high-risk patient].
abstract: Using low doses of local anesthetic, ultrasound guided multiple nerve blocks were performed in a high-risk patient. Surgical anesthesia was provided in an ASA III classified patient who received ultrasound guided right femoral and bilateral popliteal blocks. Using 80 mm needle, blocks were performed using a mixture of 10 ml 0.5% levobupivacaine and lidocaine 2%. Femoral nerve block was performed using 10 ml of levobupivacaine 0.5%. Visualization of nerves by ultrasound guidance increases block success rate and contributes to lower local anesthetic doses. Using lower doses of local anesthetic during ultrasound-guided blocks allows multiple blocks to be performed safely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey. drmciftcioglu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Çiftçioğlu
authors.forename: Sertan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gürkan
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solak
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toker
mesh_terms: D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D000077554:Levobupivacaine; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D009407:Nerve Block; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D008012:Lidocaine; D000077554:Levobupivacaine; D002045:Bupivacaine