CHAPTER 11 Sedation for Interventional Pain Procedures Nancy Staats INTRODUCTION • Many patients with acute and chronic pain may require sedation for interventional pain procedures. • Patients may have extreme anxiety about…
CHAPTER 6 Corticosteroids: Indications, Pharmacology, and Risks in Interventional Pain Management Carolyn Kim and Christopher Gharibo Corticosteroids have been a mainstay in the area of interventional pain management because of…
CHAPTER 8 Botulinum Toxins Charles E. Argoff and Howard Smith BACKGROUND Botulinum toxins are neurotoxins produced by the gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, as well as C butyricum, C…
Fig. 18.1 This Fig depicts the pressure volume curve of lung (P L ), chest wall (P CW ) and total respiratory system (P T ). The diagram indicates the direction…
Fig. 33.1 The concept of pressure illustrated on microscopic (left) and macroscopic (right) scales (Reprinted with permission, Cleveland Clinic Center for Medical Art & Photography © 2017. All Rights Reserved) Gravity…
Fig. 17.1 Layers of the heart (Reprinted under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported from Blausen.com staff (2014). “Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014”. WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 2002-4436)…
Fig. 32.1 Diameter Index Safety System (DISS) (Reprinted with permission from Brockwell and Andrews [1]) Fig. 32.2 Pipeline supply connections (Reprinted with permission from Brockwell and Andrews [1]) 32.3 Cylinder Supply Source…
Fig. 16.1 Cerebral lobes depicted using a 3 dimensional (3D) reconstruction of functional brain MRI (fMRI) Multiple functional areas in the cortex interact to produce conscious behavior, which includes the abilities…
Fig. 36.1 If the electron flow or current flow is always in the same direction, it is referred to as direct current (DC). In this case the electrons travel from the…
