Pocket Guide to Regional Anesthesia Techniques

Infrastructure; why regional anaesthesia - advantages vs. disadvantages; anaesthesiologist vs. surgeon's perspective; outcome studies?; monitoring and equipment; drugs; local anaesthetics - adjuvant techniques; peridural narcotics; finding the nerves - parasthesia or nerve stimulators?; preparing and sedating the patient; regional blocks for the operating room - MAC-wound infiltration; wound instillation; spinal anaesthesia - hyperbaric, isobaric, hypobaric; epidural anaesthesia - cervical, thoracic, lumbar; combined spinal/epidural anaesthesia (CSE); caudal anaesthesia; nerve blocks of the head and face - trobulbar/peribulbar; nerve blocks of the neck - ear; recurrent laryngeal and superior laryngeal nerve blocks; cervical plexus blocks; nerve blocks of the abdomen - celiac plexus; field blocks for hernia repair and gastrostomy; nerve blocks of the upper extremity - the brachial plexus; intravenous regional; salvage blocks of the radial, median and ulnar nerves; digital blocks; nerve blocks of the lower extremity - lumbar plexus; fascia iliaca blocks; 3-in-1 or 2-in-1 blocks; femoral nerve blockade; sciatic nerve blockade; ankle blocks; metatarsal and toe blocks; intravenous regional blocks for the ICU - airway; cervical plexus; epidural catheters; intercostal blocks; interpleural blockade; continuous sympathetic nervous system blocks; continuous brachial plexus blockade; continuous lumbosacral plexus blockade; regional anaesthesia in paediatric patients - spinal, epidural, caudal; preidural narcotics; brachial plexus; lumbar plexus; femoral/sciatic nerve blockade; IV regional; interpleural; regional blocks in obstetrics - spinal, epidural, CSE; intrathecal and epidural narcotics - caudal; regional techniques for acute postoperative pain - PCA; peridural narcotics; regional nerve blocks; continuous nerve blockade by infusion; regional blocks for chronic pain and oncologic pain - trigger joint injection; joint injections; stellate ganglion; epidural steroid injections; sympatholytic blockade; somatic paravertebral blocks; celiac plexus blockade; neurolytic agents; complications - acute haematoma; local anaesthetic toxicity - seizure; CNS depression and loss of consciousness; post dural puncture headache; neural trauma (paresthesia); chronic - post dural puncture headache; neurologic action/neuropathy/plexopathy; patient follow-up and quality assurance; tables; diagrams.