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Complications of Regional Anesthesia

2nd ed. 2007

von: Brendan T. Finucane
128,39 €
Verlag:	Springer
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	02.08.2007
ISBN/EAN:	9780387689043
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	508

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

Titellangbeschreibung

Completely updated and expanded, this new edition of "Regional Anesthesia: Managing Complications", 2nd edition is essential reading for advice on the prevention and management of complications associated with regional anesthesia and nerve blocks. In addition to comprehensive coverage of all potential pitfalls a practitioner may encounter, new material has been added comparing outcomes of regional and general anesthesia; regional anesthesia in the anesthetized patient; closed claims analyses; and practice guidelines to ensure patient safety.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Regional AnesthesiaSafety.- 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.

Autorenportrait

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.

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Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this second edition of Brendan Finucane’s indispensable Complications of Regional Anesthesia*, is an essential text for all anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists who seek advice on avoiding some of the most common and, more importantly, preventable complications of regional anesthesia and pain medicine. 
Chapters cover a variety of neurologic complications and pain management issues. Critically important both to patient care and practice management are the chapters focusing on safety and best practice guidelines and the compendium of outcome studies that compare regional and general anesthesia. As in the first edition, the authorship provides an international perspective by including a section on morbidity studies featuring contributions from practitioners in the United States, Canada, Scandinavia, and France. Along with exploring the key issues and challenges a practitioner may face, the book includes an invaluable chapter addressing the important topic of the medical legal aspects of regional anesthesia. 
With its concise clinical focus, numerous tables and illustrations, and extensive references, this up-to-the minute reference work will prove to be an invaluable tool for the practitioner in ensuring that patients receive the highest quality care. 

*formerly Regional Anesthesia: Managing Complications

Sonderbeitrag

New revision of a significant text on the topic of preventing and managing complications associated with regional anesthesia and nerve blocks

Verkaufsargumente

The updated and expanded 2nd Edition of Regional Anesthesia: Managing Complications offers practical advice on the prevention and management of complications associated with regional anesthesia and nerve blocks. Besides comprehensive coverage of all potential pitfalls the practicing anesthesiologist may encounter, the book adds new material exploring outcomes of regional and general anesthesia. The book offers 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. The author offers a highly useful combination of academic and clinical considerations, honed in his experience as both a Professor of anesthesiology and pain management at the University of Alberta, and the Director of anesthesia services at Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.