: Brendan T. Finucane
: Brendan Finucane
: Complications of Regional Anesthesia
: Springer-Verlag
: 9780387689043
: 2
: CHF 113.60
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: Klinische Fächer
: English
: 508
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: PDF

T is 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.



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.
Foreword5
Preface6
Acknowledgments7
Contents8
Contributors11
1 Regional Anesthesia Safety15
2 Outcome Studies Comparing Regional and General Anesthesia53
3 Avoiding Complications in Regional Anesthesia67
4 Local Anesthetic Toxicity75
5 Mechanisms of Neurologic Complications with Peripheral Nerve Blocks88
6 Complications of Ophthalmic Regional Anesthesia101
7 Complications of Paravertebral, Intercostal Nerve Blocks and Interpleural Analgesia116
8 Complications of Brachial Plexus Anesthesia135
9 Complications Associated with Spinal Anesthesia163
10 Complications of Epidural Blockade181
11 Complications of Other Peripheral Nerve Blocks207
12 Complications of Intravenous Regional Anesthesia225
13 The Evidence-Based Safety of Pediatric Regional Anesthesia and Complications238
14 Complications of Obstetric Regional Anesthesia256
15 Complications of Catheter Techniques277
16 Regional Anesthesia Complications Related to Acute Pain Management296
17 Complications of Regional Anesthesia in Chronic Pain Therapy315
18 Major Neurologic Injury Following Central Neural Blockade347
19 Regional Anesthesia and Infection368
20 Regional Anesthesia in the Presence of Neurologic Disease387
21 Evaluation of Neurologic Injury Following Regional Anesthesia400
22 Case Studies of Regional Anesthesia424
23 International Morbidity Studies on Regional Anesthesia445
Section 1 Complications Associated with Regional Anesthesia: An American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Closed Claims Analysis446
Section 2 American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Closed Claims Project: Chronic Pain Management459
Section 3 Complications of Regional Anesthesia Leading to Medical Legal Action in Canada464
Section 4 Neurologic Complications of Regional Anesthesia in the Nordic Countries472
Section 5 Medicolegal Claims: Summary of an Australian Study478
Section 6 Regional Anesthesia Morbidity Study: France481
24 Medicolegal Aspects of Regional Anesthesia487
Index506