Danielle Lovett-Carter, MD
Montreal—Clinicians searching for a safe and effective way to decrease postoperative opioid use without sacrificing analgesia after ambulatory surgery may find aid in systemic lidocaine, according to a new meta-analysis.
Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University concluded that while systemic lidocaine had no effect on postoperative nausea and vomiting in these patients, the adjunct medication reduced opioid consumption in both the PACU and at 24