Internal and emergency medicine
The effect of fascial block on opioid consumption in patients with multiple rib fractures: a retrospective observational study.
Sossio Serra, Domenico Pietro Santonastaso, Giuseppe Romano, Alessandro Riccardi, Francesca Ortu, Vanni Agnoletti, Mario Guarino, Claudia Sara Cimmino, Michele Domenico Spampinato, Michela Cascio, Raffella Francesconi, Fabio De Iaco
Published: 202510.1007/s11739-025-04144-6
Abstract
Pain is a common feature in multiple rib fractures. Opioids are the mainstay of analgesic therapy due to their high efficacy, however, can lead to a reduction in respiratory rate and tidal volume, sedation and respiratory failure. Fascial blocks can…
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