Transient Hypoglossal and Lingual Nerve Injury Following the Use of I-gel Supraglottic Airway: A Case Report.

Injury to the hypoglossal and/or lingual nerve is a rare occurrence with the use of a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) or supraglottic airway (SGA) device. There has been one prior report of a lingual and hypoglossal nerve injury with the i-gel™ SGA. We are describing the second reported hypoglossal and lingual transient nerve injury in a male patient while using an i-gel™ SGA.

Total Spinal Anesthesia Following an Interscalene Block Treated with Intravenous Lipid Emulsion.

Total spinal anesthesia following interscalene block is a rare and life-threatening complication of regional anesthesia. A 56-year-old woman underwent an uncomplicated left shoulder bone spur removal under general anesthesia with an interscalene nerve block at an outpatient surgical center. Subsequently, she developed bilateral mydriasis, paralysis of all extremities, and respiratory arrest.

Development and Patient Satisfaction of a New Telemedicine Service for Pain Management at Massachusetts General Hospital to the Island of Martha's Vineyard.

Objective: Patients in remote areas lack access to specialist care and pain management services. In order to provide pain management care to patients remote from our center, we created a telemedicine pain clinic (telepain) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, MA to extend services to the Island of Martha's Vineyard.

Design: Over 13 months, 238 telepain video clinic evaluations were conducted.

Methods in drug abuse models: comparison of different models of methamphetamine paradigms.

Methamphetamine (METH) is a widely abused psychomotor stimulant. Investigating the effects of METH use on the brain has been applied in different animal models, including rats, mice, and nonhuman primates. Human abuse of METH occurs in different paradigms ranging from episodes of binge abuse to chronic abuse over years; different animal models have been established to replicate these various patterns of human behavior.