The Cleveland Clinic Experience with Supraclavicular and Popliteal Ambulatory Nerve Catheters
Joint Authors
Elsharkawy, Hesham A.
Abd-Elsayed, Alaa
Gharabawy, Ramez
Cummings, Kenneth
Eid, Gamal
Mendoza, Maria
Mounir-Soliman, Loran
Rosenquist, Richard
Ali Sakr Esa, Wael
Farag, Ehab
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNB) are commonly used for intraoperative and postoperative analgesia.
Our study aimed at describing our experience with ambulatory peripheral nerve catheters.
After Institutional Review Board approval, records for all patients discharged with supraclavicular or popliteal catheters between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2011 were reviewed.
A licensed practitioner provided verbal and written instructions to the patients prior to discharge.
Daily follow-up phone calls were conducted.
Patients either removed their catheters at home with real-time simultaneous telephone guidance by a member of the Acute Pain Service or had them removed by the surgeon during a regular office visit.
The primary outcome of this analysis was the incidence of complications, categorized as pharmacologic, infectious, or other.
The secondary outcome measure was the average daily pain score.
Our study included a total of 1059 patients with ambulatory catheters (769 supraclavicular, 290 popliteal).
The median infusion duration was 5 days for both groups.
Forty-two possible complications were identified: 13 infectious, 23 pharmacologic, and 6 labeled as other.
Two patients had retained catheters, 2 had catheter leakage, and 2 had shortness of breath.
Our study showed that prolonged use of ambulatory catheters for a median period of 5 days did not lead to an increased incidence of complications.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gharabawy, Ramez& Abd-Elsayed, Alaa& Elsharkawy, Hesham A.& Farag, Ehab& Cummings, Kenneth& Eid, Gamal…[et al.]. 2014. The Cleveland Clinic Experience with Supraclavicular and Popliteal Ambulatory Nerve Catheters. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050154
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gharabawy, Ramez…[et al.]. The Cleveland Clinic Experience with Supraclavicular and Popliteal Ambulatory Nerve Catheters. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050154
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gharabawy, Ramez& Abd-Elsayed, Alaa& Elsharkawy, Hesham A.& Farag, Ehab& Cummings, Kenneth& Eid, Gamal…[et al.]. The Cleveland Clinic Experience with Supraclavicular and Popliteal Ambulatory Nerve Catheters. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1050154
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1050154