Anesthesiologists Study Antidote for Local Anesthetic Drug Toxicity
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)On rare occasions, anesthesiologists are required to treat severe local anesthetic toxicity, a rare but dangerous complication of regional anesthesia or nerve block that can cause cardiac arrest. Research in the September Anesthesiology explores optimal treatments for severe local anesthetic toxicity and question the use of epinephrine in such cases.