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    Intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) or Bier's block anesthesia is an anesthetic technique on the body's extremities where a local anesthetic is injected...
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    German surgeon. He was the first to perform spinal anesthesia and intravenous regional anesthesia. Bier began his medical education at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin...
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    spinal cord; the resulting anesthesia usually extends from the legs to the abdomen or chest. Intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier's block) is when blood...
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    duration of anesthesia depending on the potency of the drug (e.g. Mandibular block, Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block). Intravenous regional anesthesia (also...
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    General anaesthesia (UK) or general anesthesia (US) is a method of medically inducing loss of consciousness that renders a patient unarousable even with...
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    administers anesthesia for surgery or other medical procedures. Nurse anesthetists (NA's) administer or participate in administration of anesthesia services...
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    used orthopedic and plastic surgery, as well as in intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier block anesthesia) where they serve the additional function of preventing...
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  • Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) refers to the intravenous administration of anesthetic agents to induce a temporary loss of sensation or awareness...
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  • or intravenously, with drugs such as ketamine (pediatrics primarily, and infrequently in adults), propofol, and midazolam. Twilight anesthesia alone...
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    undergo anesthesia. This involves:[citation needed] checking and setting up the anesthetic machine preparing intravenous drugs preparing intravenous therapy...
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