Effectiveness of local anesthesia with lidocaine in chronic opium abusers

Context: It had been demonstrated that chronic opium abusers have lower pain thresholds compared with than non-abusers. Aims: This study aimed to compare the required dose of lidocaine, a common local anesthetic drug, with regard to the onset of anesthesia in opium abusers with that in non-abusers u...

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Main Authors: Amir Masoud Hashemian, Ali Omraninava, Ali Darvishpoor Kakhki, Mohammad Davood Sharifi, Koorosh Ahmadi, Babak Masoumi, Omid Mehrpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2014;volume=7;issue=4;spage=301;epage=304;aulast=Hashemian