This updated and expanded 2nd Edition offers practical advice on the prevention and management of complications associated with regional anesthesia and nerve blocks. Besides comprehensive coverage of potential pitfalls for the practicing anesthesiologist, the book adds new material exploring outcomes of regional and general anesthesia. The book offers full chapters on specific anatomic sites, including spinal, epidural, ophthalmic, and brachial plexus anesthesia. Other chapters address specialties of practice: obstetrics, pediatrics, and cancer. The book includes clinical studies and closed case analyses, and practical advice on prevention of complications. A concluding section offers detailed, real-world oriented practice guidelines for Regional Anesthesia.
Table des matières
Regional Anesthesia Safety.- Outcome Studies Comparing Regional and General Anesthesia.- Avoiding Complications in Regional Anesthesia.- Local Anesthetic Toxicity.- Mechanisms of Neurologic Complications with Peripheral Nerve Blocks.- Complications of Ophthalmic Regional Anesthesia.- Complications of Paravertebral, Intercostal Nerve Blocks and Interpleural Analgesia.- Complications of Brachial Plexus Anesthesia.- Complications Associated with Spinal Anesthesia.- Complications of Epidural Blockade.- Complications of Other Peripheral Nerve Blocks.- Complications of Intravenous Regional Anesthesia.- The Evidence-Based Safety of Pediatric Regional Anesthesia and Complications.- Complications of Obstetric Regional Anesthesia.- Complications of Catheter Techniques.- Regional Anesthesia Complications Related to Acute Pain Management.- Complications of Regional Anesthesia in Chronic Pain Therapy.- Major Neurologic Injury Following Central Neural Blockade.- Regional Anesthesia and Infection.- Regional Anesthesia in the Presence of Neurologic Disease.- Evaluation of Neurologic Injury Following Regional Anesthesia.- Case Studies of Regional Anesthesia.- International Morbidity Studies on Regional Anesthesia.- Medicolegal Aspects of Regional Anesthesia.A propos de l’auteur
Brendan T. Finucane, MB BCh BAO, FRCA, FRCPC is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Alberta and Director of Anesthesia Services at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Plus d’ebooks du même auteur(s) / Éditeur
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