Complications of Regional Anesthesia (eBook)

Brendan Finucane, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCA, FRCPC is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta.  His research has focused on the cellular mechanisms that generate neuropathic pain following injury or disease.  He is a recipient of the Gaston Labat Award (2003) which is given to a physician who has made exceptional contributions to research, education, and clinical practice in the field of regional anesthesia, and in 2005 he received the Gold Medal Award from the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society for his contribution to anesthesia.  He is also past-president of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (1998).  He has published two books with Springer: two editions of  Principles of Airway Management (Finucane, Tsui, & Santora, 4th ed. (2011); Finucane & Santora, 3rd ed. (2003)) and Finucane, ed., Complications of Regional Anesthesia, 2nd ed. (2007).Ban Tsui, BSc(Pharm), Dip Eng, B Sci (Math), B Pharm, MD, MSc, FRCPC is Professor and Vice Chair (Clinical Research) at the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research; Clinical Scholar, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta; and Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service, Stollery Children’s Hospital and the University of Albert Hospital.  He is author of Atlas of Ultrasound- and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Regional Anesthesia (Springer, 2008) and currently is working on his second book with Springer, Tsui & Suresh, Pediatric Regional Anesthesia:  An Atlas of U/S- and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Techniques.

Complication of Regional Anesthesia: Principles of Safe Practice in Local and Regional Anesthesia, 3rd edition

 

Editors: Brendan T. Finucane and Ban C.H. Tsui

 

Table of Contents

 

Section I. General Considerations

 

1.      The History of Local and Regional Anesthesia Brendan T. Finucane

 

2.      Regional Anesthesia Safety John W.R. McIntyre* and Brendan T. Finucane

 

3.      Local Anesthetic Toxicity: Prevention and Management Derek Dillane

 

4.      Outcome Studies Comparing Regional and General Anesthesia Brian O’Donnell and Michael O’Sullivan

 

Section II. Special Considerations Rakesh V. Sondekoppam and Ban C.H. Tsui 6.            Regional Anesthesia in the Presence of Neurological Disease John Shepler, Andrea Kattula, and George Arndt

 

7.            Evaluation of Neurologic Injury Following Regional Anesthesia Quinn Hogan, Keith McCollister, Matthew Harmelink, Laura Kohl, and Michael Collins

 

8.            Regional Anesthesia and Anticoagulation Robert B. Bolash and Richard W. Rosenquist



9.            Infection in Association with Local and Regional Anesthesia Terese T. Horlocker, Denise J. Wedel, and Adam D. Niesen

 

10.        Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks Safe Practice and Management Geert-Jan van Geffen and Jörgen Bruhn

 

 

Section III. Specific Regional Blocks-Safe Practice and Management of Adverse Events

 

11.        Complications of Regional Anesthesia: Upper and Lower Extremity Blockade Stephen Choi, Patrick B.Y. Wong, Kristen Gadbois and Colin J.L. McCartney

 

12.        Complications of Thoracic Wall Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Christine Lee and F. Michael Ferrante

 

13.        Abdominal Wall Blocks: Safe Practice and Management of Adverse Events James D. Griffiths and Peter D. Hebbard 14.        Epidural Blockade: Safe Practice and Management of Adverse Events  Steven J. Gaff

 

15.        Spinal Anesthesia: Safe Practice and Management of Adverse Events Pekka Tarkkila

 

Section IV. Specific Patient Populations-Safe Practice and Management of Adverse events

 

16.        Complications of Regional Anesthesia in Chronic Pain Therapy  David Flamer, Rachael Seib, and Philip W.H. Peng

 

17.        Local and Regional Anesthesia in the Elderly

 Ferrante S. Gragasin and Ban C.H. Tsui

 

18.        Local and Regional Analgesia for Labor and Delivery  Yoo Kuen Chan and Peng Chong Tan

 

19.        Local and Regional Anesthesia in Obese Patients

Hendrikus J.M. Lemmens

 

20.        Local and Regional Anesthesia in Pediatrics

Belen De Jose Maria

 

 

Section V. Special Environments: Safe Practice and Management of Adverse Events

 

21.        Local and Regional Anesthesia in Dental and Oral Surgery

Stanley F. Malamed, Kenneth L. Reed, Amanda Okundaye, and Andrea Fonner

 

22.        Local and Regional Anesthesia in the Emergency Room Andrew A. Herring

 

23.        Recognizing and Mitigating Risk of Ophthalmic Regional Anesthesia Brad Wakeman, Robert William Andrew Machuk, Rizwan Somani, Dean Y. Mah, and Ian M. MacDonald  

24.        Local Infiltration Analgesia for Orthopedic Joint Surgery Sugantha Ganapathy, James L. Howard, and Rakesh V. Sondekoppam

 

25.        Local and Regional Anesthesia in Plastic Surgery: Safety Considerations and Management

John Mesa, Don Lalonde, and Luis O. Vasconez

 

Section VI. Morbidity Studies: International Perspective

 

26.        Development and Methodology of a Registry of Regional Anesthesia Michael J. Barrington

 

27.        Australia: Results of a Multi-Center Registry of Regional Anesthesia Michael J. Barrington

 

28.        Canada: Medical Legal Aspects of Regional Anesthesia Practice Kari G. Smedstad and Brendan T. Finucane  

29.        France: Regional Anesthesia Morbidity Study Dan Benhamou

 

30.        Nordic Countries: Principles of Safe Practice in Local and Regional Anesthesia Mikko T. Pitkänen

 

31.        United Kingdom: Recent Advances in the Safety and Prevention of Regional Anesthesia Complications Graeme A. McLeod

 

32.        United States: Complications Associated with Regional Anesthesia (An American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Closed Claims Analysis) Christopher Kent, Karen L. Posner, Lorri A. Lee, and Karen B. Domino

 

33.        United States: Chronic Pain Management (American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Closed Claims Project)Albert H. Santora

 

 

Section VII. Medical Legal Aspects

 

34.        Medical Legal Aspects of Regional Anesthesia: Physician Perspective Albert H. Santora

 

35.        Medical Legal Aspects of Regional Anesthesia: Legal Perspective Bridgette Toy-Cronin and Kelly Byrne