Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management

The single most comprehensive hands-on guide to the practice of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management - in full color!

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

Table of 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 NeuraxialAnesthesia
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 Properties of Ultrasound
Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Adults
Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Pediatric Patients
Regional Anesthesia for Obstetric Patients
Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Patients
Local and Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric General Dentistry
Regional Anesthesia in the Elderly
Regional Anesthesia in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Regional Anesthesia and Systemic Disease
Regional Anesthesia in Patients with Neurologic Disease
Acute Compartment Syndrome: Implications for the Use of Regional Anesthesia
Perioperative Management of Patients Having Regional Anesthesia
Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Outpatient Surgery
Neuraxial Anesthesia in Outpatients
Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Outpatients
Regional Anesthesia in Community Practice
Regional Anesthesia in Austere Environments
Regional Anesthesia in Critically Ill Patients
Regional and Local Anesthesia in the Emergency Room
Neurologic Complications of Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Regional Anesthesia in Patients on Anticoagulants
Practical Management of Patients with Suspected Epidural/Spinal or Peripheral Nerve Hematoma
Infection Control in Regional Anesthesia
Postdural Puncture Headache
Pharmacoeconomics of Regional Anesthesia