Role Faculty Category Clinical Publications A mixed (long- and medium-chain) triglyceride lipid emulsion extracts local anesthetic from human serum in vitro more effectively than a long-chain emulsion. Ruan W, French D, Wong A, Drasner K, Wu AH Partition constant and volume of distribution as predictors of clinical efficacy of lipid rescue for toxicological emergencies. French D, Smollin C, Ruan W, Wong A, Drasner K, Wu AH Serum verapamil concentrations before and after Intralipid® therapy during treatment of an overdose. French D, Armenian P, Ruan W, Wong A, Drasner K, Olson KR, Wu AH Anesthetic effects on the developing nervous system: if you aren't concerned, you haven't been paying attention. Drasner K Safety of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. Gray AT, Drasner K ASRA practice advisory on local anesthetic systemic toxicity. Neal JM, Bernards CM, Butterworth JF, Di Gregorio G, Drasner K, Hejtmanek MR, Mulroy MF, Rosenquist RW, Weinberg GL Local anesthetic systemic toxicity: a historical perspective. Drasner K Safety of high volume lipid emulsion infusion: a first approximation of LD50 in rats. Hiller DB, Di Gregorio G, Kelly K, Ripper R, Edelman L, Boumendjel R, Drasner K, Weinberg GL Continuous spinal analgesia for labor and delivery: a born-again technique? Drasner K, Smiley R Epidural chloroprocaine-standard of care for postpartum bilateral tubal ligation. Drasner K Chloroprocaine spinal anesthesia: back to the future? Drasner K Thoracic epidural anesthesia: asleep at the wheal? Drasner K Sodium bisulfite: scapegoat for chloroprocaine neurotoxicity? Taniguchi M, Bollen AW, Drasner K Comparative spinal neurotoxicity of prilocaine and lidocaine. Kishimoto T, Bollen AW, Drasner K Local anesthetic neurotoxicity: clinical injury and strategies that may minimize risk. Drasner K Epinephrine increases the neurotoxic potential of intrathecally administered lidocaine in the rat. Hashimoto K, Hampl KF, Nakamura Y, Bollen AW, Feiner J, Drasner K Low concentrations of halothane increase response to a noxious thermal stimulus and attenuate the antinociceptive effect of intraventricular but not intrathecal morphine. Drasner K Comparative toxicity of glucose and lidocaine administered intrathecally in the rat. Hashimoto K, Sakura S, Bollen AW, Ciriales R, Drasner K Transient neurologic symptoms after spinal anesthesia: an epidemiologic study of 1,863 patients. Freedman JM, Li DK, Drasner K, Jaskela MC, Larsen B, Wi S Lidocaine toxicity in primary afferent neurons from the rat. Gold MS, Reichling DB, Hampl KF, Drasner K, Levine JD A comparative study of low-dose hyperbaric spinal lidocaine 0.5% versus 5% for continuous spinal anesthesia. Chan VW, Garcia J, Al-Kaisy A, Drasner K Transient neurologic symptoms after spinal anesthesia: a lower incidence with prilocaine and bupivacaine than with lidocaine. Hampl KF, Heinzmann-Wiedmer S, Luginbuehl I, Harms C, Seeberger M, Schneider MC, Drasner K The addition of phenylephrine contributes to the development of transient neurologic symptoms after spinal anesthesia with 0.5% tetracaine. Sakura S, Sumi M, Sakaguchi Y, Saito Y, Kosaka Y, Drasner K Lidocaine spinal anesthesia: a vanishing therapeutic index? Drasner K A similar incidence of transient neurologic symptoms after spinal anesthesia with 2% and 5% lidocaine. Hampl KF, Schneider MC, Pargger H, Gut J, Drewe J, Drasner K Intrathecal catheterization in the rat. Improved technique for morphologic analysis of drug-induced injury. Sakura S, Hashimoto K, Bollen AW, Ciriales R, Drasner K Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a series. Weitz SR, Drasner K [Neurologic sequelae of spinal anesthesia: local anesthetic toxicity]. Sakura S, Drasner K Local anesthetic neurotoxicity does not result from blockade of voltage-gated sodium channels. Sakura S, Bollen AW, Ciriales R, Drasner K Local anesthetic test dose as a predictor of effective epidural opioid analgesia. Weitz SR, Drasner K Effects of perioperative dexmedetomidine infusion in patients undergoing vascular surgery. The Study of Perioperative Ischemia Research Group. Talke P, Li J, Jain U, Leung J, Drasner K, Hollenberg M, Mangano DT The addition of 7.5% glucose does not alter the neurotoxicity of 5% lidocaine administered intrathecally in the rat. Sakura S, Chan VW, Ciriales R, Drasner K Persistent sacral sensory deficit induced by intrathecal local anesthetic infusion in the rat. Drasner K, Sakura S, Chan VW, Bollen AW, Ciriales R Models for local anesthetic toxicity from continuous spinal anesthesia. Drasner K Cauda equina syndrome following intended epidural anesthesia. Drasner K, Rigler ML, Sessler DI, Stoller ML Distribution of catheter-injected local anesthetic in a model of the subarachnoid space. Rigler ML, Drasner K Lumbar intrathecal morphine alters activity of putative nociceptive modulatory neurons in rostral ventromedial medulla. Heinricher MM, Drasner K Cauda equina syndrome after continuous spinal anesthesia. Rigler ML, Drasner K, Krejcie TC, Yelich SJ, Scholnick FT, DeFontes J, Bohner D Hypotension during transfusion of autologous blood. Miller AC, Scherba-Krugliak L, Toy PT, Drasner K Is chronic ethanol consumption associated with tolerance to intrathecal lidocaine in the rat? Fassoulaki A, Drasner K, Eger EI Preoperative laboratory testing of children undergoing elective surgery. O'Connor ME, Drasner K Opioid peptides (DAGO-enkephalin, dynorphin A(1-13), BAM 22P) microinjected into the rat brainstem: comparison of their antinociceptive effect and their effect on neuronal firing in the rostral ventromedial medulla. Fang FG, Haws CM, Drasner K, Williamson A, Fields HL Intrathecal morphine reduces the minimum alveolar concentration of halothane in humans. Drasner K, Bernards CM, Ozanne GM Synergy between the antinociceptive effects of intrathecal clonidine and systemic morphine in the rat. Drasner K, Fields HL
