PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Muhammad Ahmad
AU  - Gary Saynor
TI  - Fasting before prilocaine Biers’ block
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2005.027482
DP  - 2005 Aug 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 558--559
VI  - 22
IP  - 8
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/558.2.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/558.2.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2005 Aug 01; 22
AB  - A short cut review was carried out to establish whether a period of fasting increases the safety of Biers’ block (intravenous regional anaesthesia). A total of 50 papers were found using the reported search, of which four presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated.