TY - JOUR T1 - Fasting before prilocaine Biers’ block JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 558 LP - 559 DO - 10.1136/emj.2005.027482 VL - 22 IS - 8 AU - Muhammad Ahmad AU - Gary Saynor Y1 - 2005/08/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/558.2.abstract N2 - 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. ER -