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3 October 2025
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025)
Nerve blocks and pain management in the Intensive Care Unit: the challenge continues
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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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Nerve blocks and pain management in the Intensive Care Unit: the challenge continues. (2025). Advances in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/aapm.56
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