Case reports describing benefits of sympathetic blockade
| History of patient | Described effect of sympathetic blockade |
| A 71-year-old woman with Enterococcusfaecalis sepsis received stellate ganglion block. | Complete resolution of digital ischaemia within an hour of stellate ganglion block, with the effects lasting for 2 days.17 |
| A 40-year-old woman with pneumococcal sepsis received stellate ganglion and brachial plexus blocks. | Improved peripheral perfusion.3 5 |
| A 16-month-old, asplenic child with sepsis, with a pre-existing traumatic brachial plexus palsy. | Sparing of purpura fulminans on the limb with palsy. Other protective mechanisms such as decreased muscle use and oxygen consumption may have contributed.10 |