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REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
Regional Anesthesia
The Requisites
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By
James Rathmell, MD, Director, Center for Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Joseph Neal, MD, Staff Anesthesiologist, Department od Anesthesiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seatle, WA
Christopher Viscomi, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

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Requisites in Anesthesia,

Description
This volume in the "Requisites in Anesthesia" series delivers all of today's key knowledge in regional anesthesia...in a concentrated, "high-yield" format that makes the material easy to master quickly! Concise, well organized chapters, superb illustrations, and at-a-glance figures and tables clarify everything from state-of-the-art basic science through advanced procedures. The book's tightly focused, user-friendly coverage makes it ideal both as a refresher for certification or recertification, and as a reference for everyday clinical practice.

Audience
Anesthesiology Residents, Anesthesia Practitioners, Pain Management Practitioners, Health Science Libraries.

Contents


Part I. Anatomy and Physiology


1. An Introduction to Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology Relevant to Pain and Regional Anesthesia




Part II. Pharmacology


2. Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics

3. Local Anesthetic Additives




Part III.Regional Anesthetic Techniques


4. Providing Regional Anesthesia: Monitoring, Sedation and Equipment

5. Head and Neck Block

6. Upper Extremity Blocks

7. Regional Anesthesia of the Trunk

8. Lower Extremity Blocks

9. Epidural Anesthesia

10. Spinal Anesthesia

11. Sympathetic Blocks




Part IV. Safety, Complications and Outcomes


12. Postudral Puncture Headache

13. Neural Blockage and Anticoagulation

14. Neurologic Complications

15. Regional Anesthesia and Outcome




Part V. Specialty Considerations


16. Obstetric Anesthesia

17. Regional Anesthesia in Pediatrics

18. Acute Pain


Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 415 pages, publication date: MAY-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-02042-8
ISBN-10: 0-323-02042-9
Imprint: MOSBY


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