BookBrendan T. Finucane, Ban C.H. Tsui, editors.
Contents:
Part I: General considerations. The history of local and regional anesthesia
Regional anesthesia safety
Local anesthetic toxicity: prevention and management
Outcome studies comparing regional and general anesthesia
Part II: Special considerations. Nerve injury resulting from intraneural injection when performing peripheral nerve block
Regional anesthesia in the presence of neurologic disease
Evaluation of neurologic injury following regional anesthesia
Regional anesthesia and anticoagulation
Infection in association with local and regional anesthesia
Continuous peripheral nerve blocks safe practice and management
Part III: Specific regional blocks: safe practice and management of adverse events. Complications of regional anesthesia: upper and lower extremity blockade
Complications of thoracic wall regional anesthesia and analgesia
Abdominal wall blocks: safe practice and management of adverse events
Epidural blockade: safe practice and management of adverse events
Spinal anesthesia: safe practice and management of adverse events
Part IV: Specific patient populations: safe practice and management of adverse events. Complications of regional anesthesia in chronic pain therapy
Local and regional anesthesia in the elderly
Local and regional analgesia for labor and delivery
Local and regional anesthesia in the obese patients
Local and regional anesthesia in pediatrics
Part V: Special environments: safe practice and management of adverse events. Local and regional anesthesia in dental and oral surgery
Local and regional anesthesia in the emergency room
Recognizing and mitigating risk of ophthalmic regional anesthesia
Local infiltration analgesia for orthopedic joint surgery
Local and regional anesthesia in plastic surgery: safety considerations and management of adverse events
Part VI: Morbidity studies: international perspective. Development and methodology of a registry of regional anaesthesia
Australia: results of a multicenter registry of regional anesthesia
Canada: medical legal aspects of regional anesthesia practice
France: regional anesthesia morbidity study
Nordic countries: principles of safe practice in local and regional anesthesia
United Kingdom: recent advances in the safety and prevention of regional anesthesia complications
United States: complications associated with regional anesthesia (an American Society of Anesthesiologists' Closed Claims Analysis)
United States: chronic pain management (American society of Anesthesiologists' Closed Claims Project)
Part VII: Medical legal aspects. Medical legal aspects of regional anesthesia: physician perspective
Medical legal aspects of regional anesthesia: legal perspective.