Particulate steroids in axial spinal blockade and the increasing role of patient consent: Les grains de sable dans l’engrenage

Munglani, Rajesh; Knaggs, Roger; Eyre, Giles

Abstract

The complexity of modern medical practice is such that it is very unlikely that on any single issue we can give a definitive answer in any circumstance, and in our view the medical debate as to the use of particulate corticosteroid medicines in axial spinal blockade is one such argument. The medical discussion of the use of particulate corticosteroids has to be set against the uncertain risk and benefits of axial spinal procedures in which the drugs are utilised, and in which the most likely catastrophic complication may occur with their use, and then, as the law now demands, involve the patient in the relevant consenting issues.

Citation

Munglani, R., Knaggs, R., & Eyre, G. (2020). Particulate steroids in axial spinal blockade and the increasing role of patient consent: Les grains de sable dans l’engrenage. British Journal of Pain, 14(2), 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1177/2049463720921199

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 2, 2020
• Online Publication Date: May 29, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Deposit Date: Jun 1, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 2, 2020
• Journal: British Journal of Pain
• Print ISSN: 2049-4637
• Electronic ISSN: 2049-4645
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 141-146
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2049463720921199
• Keywords: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4542423
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2049463720921199