Textbook or Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management is a definitive, comprehensive hands-on guide to the practice of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management - in full color!

This book 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.

Features:

• 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

Part I: History

1. History of Regional Anesthesia

Part II: Foundations of Regional Anesthesia

2. Embryology
3. Functional Regional Anesthesia Anatomy
4. Histology of the Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerves
5. Peripheral Nerve Stimulators and Electrophysiology of Nerve Stimulation
6. Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics
7. New Amide Anesthetics
8. Analgesic Adjuvants in Neuraxial Anesthesia
9. Analgesic Adjuvants in the Peripheral Nervous System
10. Local Anesthetic Solutions for Continuous Nerve Block
11. Sedation—Analgesia during Local and Regional Anesthesia

Part III: Clinical Practice of Regional Anesthesia

12. Local Infiltration Anesthesia
13. Spinal Anesthesia
14. Epidural Anesthesia
15. Caudal Epidural Blockade
16. Combined Spinal-Epidural (CSE)
17. Equipment for Peripheral Nerve Blocks
18. Nerve Blocks for the Head and Neck
19. Regional and Topical Anesthesia for Endotracheal Intubation
20. Oral and Regional Maxillofacial Anesthesia
21. Local and Regional Anesthesia for Eye Surgery
22. Functional Evaluation of Upper Extremity Blocks
23. Cervical Plexus Blocks
24. Cervical Paravertebral Block
25. Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block
26. Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block
27. Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block
28. Axillary Brachial Plexus Block
29. Wrist Block
30. Digital Block
31. Cutaneous Blocks for the Upper Extremity
32. Clinical Asssessment of Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks
33. Lumbar Plexus Block
34. Obturator Nerve Block
35. Femoral Nerve Block
36. Three-in-One Block
37. Sciatic Nerve Block
38. Block of the Scieatic Nerve in the Popliteal Fossa
39. Ankle Block
40. Cutaneous Nerve Blocks of the Lower Extremity
41. Intravenous Regional Block for Upper and Lower Extremity Surgery
42. Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric Blocks
43. Thoracic and Lumbar Paravertebral Blocks
44. Intercostal Nerve Block

Part IV: New and Emerging Concepts in peripheral Nerve Blocks: Equipment and Practice

45. Percutaneous Nerve Localization
46. Multistimulation Techniques for Peripheral Nerve Blocks
47. Injection and Current Delivery Monitoring
48. Equipment for Continuous Nerve Blocks
49. Stimulating Catheters

Part V: Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia

50. Introduction to Ultrasound-Assisted Regional Anesthesia Techniques
51. Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Adults
52. Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks in Children

Part VI: Regional Anesthesia for Obstetric and Gynecologic Surgery

53. Obstetric Regional Anesthesia

Part VII: Regional Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery

54. Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Patients
55. Local and Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric General Dentistry

Part VIII: Regional Anesthesia in Patients with Special Considerations

56. Regional Anesthesia in the Elderly
57. Regional Anesthesia and Cardiovascular Disease
58. Regional Anesthesia and Systemic Disease
59. Regional Anesthesia in the Patient with Existing Neurologic Disease
60. Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Limb: Implications for Regional Anesthesia

Part IX: Perioperative Management of Patients Having Regional Anesthesia

61. Perioperative Management with Peripheral Nerve Block Anesthesia

Part X: Regional Anesthesia in Specific Patient Populations

62. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Outpatient Surgery
63. Neuraxial Anesthesia in Outpatients
64. Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Outpatients
65. Regional Anesthesia in Community Practice
66. Regional Anesthesia in Austere Environments
67. Regional Anesthesia in the Critically Ill
68. Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department

Part XI: Neuroligic Complications of Regional Anesthesia

69. Neurologic Complications of Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Mechanisms and Management
70. Neuroaxial Anesthesia and Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Patients on Anticoagulants
71. Diagnosis and Management of Intraspinal, Epidural, and periphreal Nerve hematoma
72. Infection Control in Regional Anesthesia
73. Postdural Puncture Headache

Part XII: Does Regional Anesthesia Make a Difference

74. Pharmacoeconomics of Regional Anesthesia
75. Effects of Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia on Perioperative Outcome

Part XIII: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management

76. Preemptive Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia, and the Prevention of Chronic Postoperative Pain
77. Thr Role of Nonopioid Anagesic Techniques in the Management of Postoperative Pain
78. Acute Pain Service
79. Organization of an Acute Pain Management Service Incorporating Regional Anesthesia Techniques

Part XIV: Documentation and Training of Regional Anesthesia

80. Documentation of Regional Anesthesia Procedures
81. Teaching Regional Anesthesia
82. Regional Anesthesia Fellowships
83. Principles of Statistical Methods for Research in Regional Anesthesia

Index

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