Figure 7.1 Sonoanatomy for axillary brachial plexus block (AxBPB). Figure 7.2 Labeled sonoanatomy for axillary brachial plexus block (AxBPB). A, axillary artery; MCN, musculocutaneous nerve; MN, median nerve; RN, radial…
Figure 10.1 Sonoanatomy for interscalene block (ISB). Landmarks The patient is positioned supine with the head slightly rotated to the contralateral side on a pillow (Figure 10.2). The cricoid cartilage…
Figure 9.1 Sonoanatomy of the infraclavicular region. Figure 9.2 Labeled sonoanatomy of the infraclavicular region. AA, axillary artery; LC, lateral cord; MC, medial cord; PC, posterior cord. The key anatomic…
Figure 8.1 Sonoanatomy for supraclavicular block. Figure 8.2 Labeled sonoanatomy for supraclavicular block – brachial plexus divisions (BP), subclavian artery (SA). Landmarks The patient should be placed in the supine…
Figure 12.1 Oxygen tubing via nasopharyngeal airway technique. Blood pressure is closely monitored and although lower pressure is desirable to decrease the risk of hematoma formation, caution should be exercised…
Principles of PONV Management A multimodal approach to reduce PONV includes strategies to reduce risk of PONV combined with one or more prophylactic agents. Rescue anti-emetic therapy is indicated in…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 15 Office-based anesthesia Johann Patlak,MD, Fred E. Shapiro,DO, and Richard D. Urman, MD Introduction The number of outpatient surgical procedures performed outside of hospital settings…
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Checklist for Treatment of Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity The Pharmacologic Treatment of Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST) is Different from Other Cardiac…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Pediatric anesthesia Fatima Ahmad, MD Pediatric ambulatory surgery has a long-standing record of safety, as children generally represent a healthy cohort of the patient…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 10 Anesthetic techniques for subspecialty surgery Niraja Rajan, MBBS, Srikantha Rao, MD, MS, and Johan Raeder, MD, PhD Common themes This chapter deals with anesthesia…
