Wound local anesthetic infusions

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CHAPTER 13 Wound local anesthetic infusions Jack Barrett Placing local anesthetic in or close to the surgical wound has become a popular method of providing intra- and postoperative analgesia. The…

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Complications, toxicity, and safety

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CHAPTER 5 Complications, toxicity, and safety Frank Loughnane Complications and toxicity Principles underlying complications and errors A complication is an undesirable, unexpected event occurring in the course of an intervention….

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Peripheral nerve blockade for ambulatory surgery

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CHAPTER 8 Peripheral nerve blockade for ambulatory surgery Stephen Mannion, Xavier Capdevila Introduction Over the last 15–20 years there has been a rapid increase worldwide in the numbers of surgical…

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Introduction

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CHAPTER 1 Introduction George Shorten Within anesthetic practice, the role of regional anesthesia – including peripheral nerve block – has expanded greatly over the past two decades. In 1998, a…

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Complications Associated with Chronic Opioid Therapy

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COMMON OPIOID-RELATED ADVERSE EFFECTS Common opioid-related adverse effects include constipation, urinary retention, sedation, delirium, dry mouth, respiratory depression, hyperhidrosis, pruritus, muscular spasm, tremor, nausea, and vomiting. The use of opioid…

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Peripheral Nerve Injury

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  Male gender   Tobacco use   Increasing age   Preexisting diabetes mellitus   Extremes of body habitus   Preexisting neurologic disorders Surgical Risk Factors   Surgical trauma or stretch…

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Bleeding Complications

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SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM The actual incidence of neurologic dysfunction resulting from hemorrhagic complications associated with central neural blockade is unknown. In an extensive review of the literature, Tryba4 identified…

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Complications Associated with Continuous

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ABD (abdominal), BUP (bupivacaine), CAN (cancer), COLO (colorectal), FEN (fentanyl), META (meta-analysis), MIX (mixed), n/a (not available), MOR (morphine), OBS (observational study), S (subjects), SUF (sufentanil), SYST (systematic review), T…

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