Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management 1/e

-Introduction-

From the author of the bestselling atlas Peripheral Nerve Blocks Features a stellar list of expert authors, beautiful
full-color format, and a step-by-step illustration program More up-to-date and comprehensive than any of the competitors


-Description-

Here at last is a reference that covers the practice of Regional Anesthesia in its entirety, providing practitioners
and students with both the physiologic principles and specific, state-of-the-art patient-management protocols and
techniques.

Recognized leaders in the specialty have filled this richly illustrated volume with authoritative, completely practical
help.
You'll find algorithms for managing or avoiding a wide range of common clinical dilemmas or complications. You get time-
saving tools such as intravenous-to-oral opioid conversion tables and PCA setup guides as well as no-nonsense selection
of nerve block techniques and advice on their strengths and pitfalls. This handy reference helps you make wise choices
about anesthetics, dosing intervals, equipment, and perioperative management of patients receiving single-injection
or continuous nerve blocks or spinal or epidural anesthesia. It tells you how to successfully manage patients with
suspected epidural hematoma or neurologic injuries - and much more.

Filled with full-color, high-quality, detailed illustrations and clinical images of actual patients
Covers the entire field of regional anesthesia, including nerve stimulator and ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve
blocks, from imaging and instrumentation to step-by-step instructions for employing them in adults and children
Details how to achieve reliable anesthesia and analgesia for surgical interventions on the face and upper and lower
extremities Provides information on the advantages and disadvantages of using regional anesthesia in patients with
coexisting diseases Offers guidance on acute pain management of adults and children in the perioperative period and in
the ER Features up-to-date information on the etiology, prevention, and management of a wide range of complications

-Contents-


History of Regional Anesthesia

Embryology

Functional Regional Anesthesia Anatomy

Histology of the Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerves

Electrophysiology of Nerve Stimulation

Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics

New Amide Anesthetics

Analgesic Adjuvants in Neuraxial Anesthesia

Analgesic Adjuvants in the Peripheral Nervous System

Local Anesthetic Solutions for Continuous Nerve Block

Pharmacologic Considerations for Conscious Sedation and

Non-opioid Analgesics in the Perioperative Period

Local Infiltration Anesthesia

Spinal (Subarachnoid) Anesthesia

Epidural Anesthesia

Caudal Epidural Blockade

Combined Spinal-Epidural (CSE)

Equipment for Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Nerve Blocks of the Head and Neck and Airway Blocks

Airway Blocks

Oral and Perioral Nerve Blocks

Eye Blocks

Functional Evaluation of Upper Extremity Blocks

Cervical Plexus Blocks

Cervical Paravertebral Block

Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block

Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block

Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block

Axillary Brachial Plexus Block

Wrist Block

Digital Block

Cutaneous Blocks for the Upper Extremity

Functional Evaluation of Lower Extremity Blocks

Lumbar Plexus Block

Obturator Nerve Block

Femoral Nerve Block

3-in-1 Block

Sciatic Nerve Block

Popliteal Block

Ankle Block

Cutaneous Blocks of the Lower Extremity

Intravenous Regional Block for Upper and Lower Extremity Surgery

Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Blocks

Thoracic and Lumbar Paravertebral Blocks

Intercostal Nerve Block

Percutaneous Nerve Localization

Multistimulation Techniques

Injection and Current Delivery Monitoring

Equipment for Continuous Nerve Blocks

Stimulating Catheters

Physical Propert