psd-502 and Phobic-Disorders

Needle phobia is a peculiar type of specific phobia, with unique clinical features, that may be encountered in some surgical patients. It may present a serious acute problem to the perianesthesia care team and requires careful psychological and/or pharmacological management. This article provides a clinical report and detailed discussion of severe needle phobia in the perianesthesia setting.

Topics: Acute Disease; Adult; Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; Desensitization, Psychologic; Epilepsies, Partial; Female; Humans; Hypnotics and Sedatives; Injections; Lidocaine; Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; Male; Midazolam; Needles; Nurse's Role; Perioperative Care; Phobic Disorders; Postanesthesia Nursing; Preanesthetic Medication; Prilocaine; Psychomotor Agitation; Referral and Consultation; Severity of Illness Index; Syncope

Topics: Adult; Anesthesia, Spinal; Anesthetics, Intravenous; Female; Humans; Lidocaine; Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; Phobic Disorders; Physician-Patient Relations; Piperidines; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Outcome; Prilocaine; Remifentanil

A case is reported of the removal of a leaf fibroma from the mucosa of the hard palate using EMLA topical anesthesia as the sole means of pain control.

Topics: Administration, Buccal; Anesthesia, Dental; Anesthetics, Local; Biopsy; Fibroma; Humans; Injections; Lidocaine; Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination; Male; Middle Aged; Mouth Mucosa; Mouth Neoplasms; Needles; Phobic Disorders; Prilocaine