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Nerve Blocks in the Treatment of Acute Pain

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Advances in Pain Therapy II

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Nerve blocks are rarely the primary alternative in the treatment of acute pain. Intravenous or intramuscular analgesics have usually been tried first, and when the pain persists and becomes a problem, the anesthesiologist (or acute pain service) is called for consultation about more effective therapy.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    J. Chrubasik M. D. (Professor of Anesthesiology) & E. Martin M. D., F.F.A.R.A.C.S. (Professor of Anesthesiology) (Professor of Anesthesiology) &  (Professor of Anesthesiology)

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NCW 2065, Australia

    M. J. Cousins M. D., F.F.A.R.A.C.S. (Professor of Anaesthesiology) (Professor of Anaesthesiology)

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Rosenberg, P.H. (1993). Nerve Blocks in the Treatment of Acute Pain. In: Chrubasik, J., Martin, E., Cousins, M.J. (eds) Advances in Pain Therapy II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78341-8_8

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