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A 34-Year-Old Woman Received a Brachial Plexus Nerve Block Before

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A 34-year-old woman received a brachial plexus nerve block before undergoing surgical repair of carpal tunnel syndrome affecting her left wrist. A total of 40 ml of local anesthetic solution was used. Forty-five minutes after the nerve block was placed, the patient suffered a cardiac arrest. This is the local anesthetic most likely used:


A) Lidocaine
B) Mepivacaine
C) Etidocaine
D) Bupivacaine
E) Procaine

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