Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia

Stuart A. Grant, MB, ChB, is Professor of Anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. David B. Auyong, MD is Staff Anesthesiologist at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.

Contributors ; Section 1: Basic Principles of Ultrasound Guided Nerve Block ; 1.1 Basic Ultrasound Physics and Ultrasound Machine Settings ; 1.2 How to Visualize Nerves and Needles ; 1.3 Common Errors and Artifacts ; 1.4 Positioning the Patient ; 1.5 Equipment and Preparation ; 1.6 Keys to Ultrasound Success ; 1.7 Peripheral Nerve Catheter Placement Principles ; Section 2: Upper Limb Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia ; 2.1 Interscalene Nerve Block ; 2.2 Supraclavicular Nerve Block ; 2.3 Infraclavicular Nerve Block ; 2.4 Axillary Nerve Block ; 2.5 Elbow and Distal Arm Nerve Blocks ; Section 3: Lower Limb Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia ; 3.1 Femoral Nerve Block ; 3.2 Saphenous Nerve Block ; 3.3 Obturator Nerve Block ; 3.4 Posterior Lumbar Plexus Block ; 3.5 Posterior Sciatic Nerve Block ; 3.6 Anterior Sciatic Nerve Block ; 3.7 Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block ; Section 4: Trunk and Spine Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia ; 4.1 Transversus Abdominus Plane Block ; 4.2 Ilioinguinal Iliohypogastric Nerve Block ; 4.3 Rectus Sheath Nerve Block ; 4.4 Intercostal Nerve Block ; 4.5 Paravertebral Nerve Block ; 4.6 Neuraxial Anesthesia and Analgesia ; Further Reading ; Index