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Nerve blocks and pain management in the Intensive Care Unit: the challenge continues

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Published
3 October 2025
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Letters to the Editor
DOI
10.4081/aapm.2025.56

Abstract

Dear Editor,

Continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNBs) are used to prolong analgesia obtained with locoregional anesthesia techniques and provide longer-lasting analgesia after major surgical treatment by allowing better postoperative pain control and preventing pain chronicization, reducing opioid use and related side effects, reducing hospital stay, and facilitating rehabilitation. [...]

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