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Essentials of Regional Anesthesia

  • Concise and up-to-date, evidence-based handbook
  • Enables every resident, physician and nurse to understand the basics of regional anesthesia and the standard of care guidelines for the practice of regional anesthesia in a comprehensive fashion
  • New edition includes updated and new chapters on ambulatory, critical care, and obstetrics topics
  • Includes full color, clear, detailed anatomic drawings
  • Discusses the latest ultrasound techniques

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. General Principles of Regional Anesthesia Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. General Considerations for Regional Anesthesia Practice

      • Svetla Kurteva, Iyabo Olubunmi Muse, Karina Gritsenko
      Pages 3-19
    3. Economic Impact, Cost, and Reimbursement Issues

      • Deepti Agarwal, Maunak V. Rana
      Pages 21-33
    4. Training and Education of a Physician for Regional Anesthesia

      • Chris M. Farlinger, Jonathan C. Beathe
      Pages 35-49
  3. Basics and Clinical Practice in Regional Anesthesia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
    2. Local Anesthetics and Adjuvants

      • Francesco Vetri, Jose A. Aguirre, Effrossyni G. Votta-Velis, Alain Borgeat
      Pages 83-105
    3. Monitoring and Sedation in Regional Anesthesia

      • James Kim, Jeff Gadsden
      Pages 107-120
    4. Anticoagulation and Regional Anesthesia Concerns

      • Alan David Kaye, Thomas Ngo Trang, Elyse M. Cornett, Ken Philip Ehrhardt Jr, Rinoo Vasant Shah
      Pages 121-134
    5. Regional Anesthesia in the Community Practice Setting

      • Joseph Marino, Brian E. Harrington
      Pages 135-168
  4. Ultrasound-Assisted Nerve Blocks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blockade

      • Alan Bielsky, David M. Polaner
      Pages 171-197
  5. Continuous Regional Analgesia and Techniques for Regional Anesthesia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
    2. Equipment and Clinical Practice: Aids to Localization of Peripheral Nerves

      • Bryan Tischenkel, Beverly Pearce-Smith, Johnny K. Lee, Karina Gritsenko
      Pages 201-211
    3. Neuraxial Blockade: Subarachnoid Anesthesia

      • Maria Teresa Gudin, Ramón López-Vicente, Esperanza Ortigosa, María Del Mar Caro Cascante, Carmen Garcia Molina, Sonia Martin
      Pages 213-232
    4. Neuraxial Blockade: Epidural Anesthesia

      • Sreekumar Kunnumpurath, Suneil Ramessur, Adam Fendius, Nalini Vadivelu, Jasmina Perinpanayagam
      Pages 233-263
    5. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for the Lower Extremity

      • Sylvia H. Wilson, Anna Uskova
      Pages 265-279
    6. Regional and Topical Anesthesia for Endotracheal Intubation

      • Ryan Philip Ellender, Shilpadevi S. Patil, Lien Tran, Scott M. Kleinpeter, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan David Kaye
      Pages 281-295
    7. Regional Anesthetic Techniques for the Pediatric Patient

      • Vaughn E. Nossaman, Bobby D. Nossaman
      Pages 297-315

About this book

The management of pain can often be achieved by medications, physical therapies, or by various procedural techniques that have evolved in recent decades. With the trend towards more outpatient surgeries and less invasive surgeries to decrease perioperative risk, perioperative time, and costs, the practice of anesthesia is evolving to utilize regional anesthesia techniques both for inpatients and outpatients. Regional anesthesia is being performed for outpatient surgeries, obstetric anesthesia, trauma, chronic pain states, and for acute post-operative pain management.  Therefore, it is paramount for physicians and nurses practicing anesthesia to understand the essentials of regional anesthesia, its evolving techniques, and appropriate utilization of modern equipment and technology to provide care safely.

 

Essentials of Regional Anesthesia, Second edition, is a concise, up-to-date, evidence-based handbook that enables every resident, physician and nurse to understand the basics of regional anesthesia and the standard of care guidelines for the practice of regional anesthesia in a comprehensive fashion. This new edition includes:

 

·         Updated and new chapters on Ambulatory, Critical Care, and Obstetrics topics

·         Full color, clear, detailed, anatomic drawings

·         Clinically relevant, practical aspects of regional anesthesia

·         International contributing authors who are experts in their field

·         Latest ultrasound techniques and images

 

Review of 1st edition:

“There are many books available on regional anesthesia, and the trend is either to focus on illustrations, forgoing any discussion, or on text descriptions, making them bulky and hard to read. This book maintains that perfect balance between text and illustrations. It is truly a master companion book on regional anesthesia.” (Tariq M. Malik, Doody’s Book Reviews, April, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA

    Alan David Kaye

  • Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

    Richard D. Urman

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu

About the editors

Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Director of Pain Services
University Hospital and Ochsner Kenner Hospital
New Orleans, LA   70112    USA

Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Director, Hospital Procedural Sedation Management and Safety
Co-Director, Center for Perioperative Management and Medical Informatics
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA   02115    USA

Nalini Vadivelu, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT   06510    USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Essentials of Regional Anesthesia

  • Editors: Alan David Kaye, Richard D. Urman, Nalini Vadivelu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74838-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74837-5Published: 13 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74838-2Published: 28 March 2018

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 725

  • Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations, 239 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Emergency Medicine

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 189.00
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 249.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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