Complication Rates After Ultrasonography-Guided Nerve Blocks Performed in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks (UGNBs) have become a core component of multimodal analgesia for acute pain management in the emergency department (ED). Despite their growing use, national adoption of UGNBs has been slow due to a lack of procedural safety in the ED.

Objective

To assess the complication rates and patient pain scores of UGNBs performed in the ED.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included data from the National Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block Registry, a retrospective multicenter observational registry encompassing procedures performed in 11 EDs in the US from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023, of adult patients who underwent a UGNB.

Exposure

UGNB encounters.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Goldsmith A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11561692 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature