Clinical Assessment of Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks.
Figure 38-1. Push. Patients with successful sciatic or popliteal fossa block are unable to push the target with their foot. A: Tibial nerve or dorsiflex the foot; B: Common peroneal…
ANESTHESIA
Injection & Current Delivery Monitoring.
• Admir Hadzic, MD I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Monitoring the Depth of Needle Insertion Current Delivery & Disconnect Monitoring Resistance to Injection II. NERVE PRELOCALIZATION USING SURFACE STIMULATION GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS…
Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department.
• Knox H. Todd, MD I. INTRODUCTION II. OLIGOANALGESIA: PAIN AS A PROBLEM IN THE ED III. PAIN ASSESSMENT IN THE ED IV. MONITORING DURING SEDATION & ANALGESIA V. PHARMACOLOGIC…
Regional Anesthesia Fellowships.
• Gregory A. Liguori, MD I. INTRODUCTION II. HISTORY III. RAISON D’ETRE IV. ORGANIZATION V. CONCLUSION V. GUIDELINES FOR REGIONAL ANESTHESIA FELLOWSHIPS A consensus Document from the Directors of Regional…
Acute Pain Service: Organization, Function, & Implementation.
In 2004, a Canadian survey showed that the percentage of academic hospitals with an APS increased from 53% in 1993 to 92% in 2004.26 However, an APS with anesthesiologists as…
Sedation-Analgesia during Local & Regional Anesthesia.
Sedative-hypnotic drugs as well as narcotics are commonly used perioperatively to make regional anesthesia more tolerable for patients by reducing anxiety and providing an appropriate degree of sedation, amnesia, and…
