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2022 Feb 02


Br J Hosp Med (Lond)


83


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Use of intravenous lignocaine in the perioperative and chronic pain setting.

Authors

Crabtree S
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2022 Feb 02; 83(2):1-2.
PMID: 35243881.

Abstract

Intravenous lignocaine has an emerging role in the treatment of acute pain within the perioperative setting, as recent consensus guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists have shown. It has played a role in chronic pain management in recent decades, and continues to be a useful tool for pain specialists.