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Speed of onset of local anaesthetics and another textbook correction!

Anaesthesia Coffee Break

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Is This an Editing Error?

There is that thought that in pregnant patients, that they've got a faster onset of local anesthetics. The surface area, the three nodes of round the ear, the thickness, which really is the distance to the nerve, and then a couple of characteristics of the nerves as well. And I think if this question was not just about major peripheral nerves, you know, doing do a block intrinsically versus regionally would also make sense. But let's not get into that because you don't want to get in trouble.

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