Report on Contents of Block Study File
as of 04/28/05 - 13:24:53
Total Cases counted = 73
Femoral & Sciatic = 60 -- 82% of all blocks
Femoral Block only = 13 -- 18% of all blocks
Blocks done WITHOUT epinephrine = 24 -- 33% of all blocks
Blocks done using epinephrine = 49 -- 67% of all blocks
P R O L O N G E D -- B L O C K S
- Cases with persistent blocks (significant weakness for PT) = 21 -- 29% of all blocks
- Persistent blocks using epinephrine = 16 -- 76% of all long blocks
- Persistent blocks without using epinephrine = 5 -- 24% of all long blocks
- Persistent femoral only blocks using epinephrine = 2 -- 15% of femoral only blocks, 9.5% of all long blocks
- Persistent femoral and sciatic blocks using epinephrine = 14 -- 23% of all femoral/sciatic blocks, 67% of all long blocks
- Persistent femoral only blocks WITHOUT epinephrine = 0 -- 0.0% of femoral only blocks, 0.0% of all long blocks
- Persistent femoral and sciatic blocks WITHOUT epinephrine = 5 -- 8.3% of all femoral/sciatic blocks, 24% of all long blocks
D I S S I P A T E D -- B L O C K S
- Dissipated blocks (Motor block gone for PT) = 52 -- 71% of all blocks
- Dissipated blocks using epinephrine = 33 -- 63% of all dissipated blocks
- Dissipated blocks without using epinephrine = 19 -- 37% of all dissipated blocks
- Dissipated femoral only blocks using epinephrine = 7 -- 54% of femoral only blocks, 13% of all dissipated blocks
- Dissipated femoral and sciatic blocks using epinephrine = 26 -- 43% of all femoral/sciatic blocks, 50% of all dissipated blocks
- Dissipated femoral only blocks WITHOUT epinephrine = 4 -- 31% of femoral only blocks, 7.7% of all dissipated blocks
- Dissipated femoral and sciatic blocks WITHOUT epinephrine = 15 -- 25% of all femoral/sciatic blocks, 29% of all dissipated blocks
Vander Beek 2005