Affiliation:
1. University of the Witwatersrand
Abstract
Local anaesthetics agents (LAA) are used ubiquitously in the medical field and in a wide variety of ways: tissue infiltration, perineural, intra-articular and intravenous. The purpose of this review is to explore the pharmacology of LAAs and to examine the clinical applications for LAAs.
Subject
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
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