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Prolonged nerve blockade in a patient treated with lithium

Author(s): Lehavi A | Shenderey B | Katz YS

Journal: Local and Regional Anesthesia ISSN 1178-7112
Volume: 2012; Issue: default; Start page: 15; Date: 2012;
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ABSTRACT
Amit Lehavi, Boris Shenderey, Yeshayahu (Shai) KatzDepartment of Anesthesiology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, IsraelAbstract: We report a case of a patient, chronically treated with oral lithium, who presented with an extremely prolonged (42-hour) duration of sensory and motor paralysis following an uneventful infraclavicular block for hand surgery that was performed under ultrasound guidance using bupivacaine and lidocaine. Due to its direct effect on nerve conduction of action potential, we propose that lithium may have had a role in the unusually prolonged duration of a peripheral nerve block.Keywords: nerve blockade, lithium, duration, anesthesia