Essentials of Regional Anesthesia

Part I. General Principles of Regional Anesthesia Practice

1. General Considerations for Regional Anesthesia Practice
Svetla Kurteva, Iyabo Olubunmi Muse, Karina Gritsenko

2. Economic Impact, Cost, and Reimbursement Issues
Deepti Agarwal, Maunak V. Rana

3. Training and Education of a Physician for Regional Anesthesia
Chris M. Farlinger, Jonathan C. Beathe

Part II. Basics and Clinical Practice in Regional Anesthesia

4. The Anatomy of Pain and Its Implications for Regional Anesthesiology Practice
Harry J. Gould, Alan David Kaye

5. Local Anesthetics and Adjuvants
Francesco Vetri, Jose A. Aguirre, Effrossyni G. Votta-Velis, Alain Borgeat

6. Monitoring and Sedation in Regional Anesthesia
James Kim, Jeff Gadsden

7. Anticoagulation and Regional Anesthesia Concerns
Alan David Kaye, Thomas Ngo Trang, Elyse M. Cornett, Ken Philip Ehrhardt, Rinoo Vasant Shah

8. Regional Anesthesia in the Community Practice Setting
Joseph Marino, Brian E. Harrington

Part III. Ultrasound-Assisted Nerve Blocks

9. Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blockade
Alan Bielsky, David M. Polaner

Part IV. Continuous Regional Analgesia and Techniques for Regional Anesthesia

10. Equipment and Clinical Practice: Aids to Localization of Peripheral Nerves
Bryan Tischenkel, Beverly Pearce-Smith, Johnny K. Lee, Karina Gritsenko

11. Neuraxial Blockade: Subarachnoid Anesthesia
Maria Teresa Gudin, Ramón López-Vicente, Esperanza Ortigosa, María Mar Caro Cascante, Carmen Garcia Molina, Sonia Martin

12. Neuraxial Blockade: Epidural Anesthesia
Sreekumar Kunnumpurath, Suneil Ramessur, Adam Fendius, Nalini Vadivelu, Jasmina Perinpanayagam

13. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for the Lower Extremity
Sylvia H. Wilson, Anna Uskova

14. Regional and Topical Anesthesia for Endotracheal Intubation
Ryan Philip Ellender, Shilpadevi S. Patil, Lien Tran, Scott M. Kleinpeter, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan David Kaye

15. Regional Anesthetic Techniques for the Pediatric Patient
Vaughn E. Nossaman, Bobby D. Nossaman

16. Head and Neck Regional Anesthesia
Desiree Persaud, Sébastien Garneau

17. Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks
De Q. H. Tran, Maria Francisca Elgueta, Juan Francisco Asenjo

18. Local Anesthesia of the Masticatory Region
Henry A. Gremillion, Christopher J. Spencer, Alex D. Ehrlich, Janice A. Townsend

19. Regional Anesthetic Techniques for Foot Surgery
Rick C. Chen, Peter A. Blume

20. Selective Regional Anesthesia Options in Surgical Subspecialties
Hong Yan, Alan David Kaye, Henry Liu

21. Obstetric Anesthesiology
Debbie Chandler, Ray Paschall, Leslie Robichaux, Burton Beakley, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan David Kaye

22. Acute Situations: Trauma in Surgical Specialties
Sandra Giannone, Daniela Ghisi, Andrea Fanelli, Carl C. Rest

23. Preemptive Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia, and Prevention of Chronic Postoperative Pain
Erik M. Helander, Jonathan P. Eskander, Christina L. Juneau, Matthew B. Novitch, Amit Prabhakar, Amy M. DeKerlegand, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan David Kaye

24. Transverse Abdominal Plane, Pectoral and Serratus Plane, and Quadratus Lumborum Blocks
Rita Merman, Vladislav Shick, Vikram Bhasin

Part V. Regional Anesthesia and Subspecialties

25. Outpatient Surgery
Kelly R. Mercer

26. Regional Anesthesia in the Critical Care Setting
Amir O. Elhassan, Harish Bangalore Siddaiah, Brendon M. Hart, Mark Ryan Jones, Cory A. Roberts, Maura Elise Jones, Alan David Kaye

Part VI. Regional Anesthesia for Chronic Situations

27. Regional Anesthesia for Chronic Pain
Neil Malhotra, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Effrossyni G. Votta-Velis, Alain Borgeat

28. Regional Anesthesia Considerations for Chronic Noncancer Pain
Lauren K. Eng, Lindsey K. Okada, Matthew R. Eng

29. Malignant Pain
Kenneth D. Candido, Teresa M. Kusper

30. Regional Anesthesia and Cardiovascular Disease
Veerandra Koyyalamudi, Lien Tran, Camellia D. Asgarian, Molly Kraus, Zacherie Conover, Jeremy Alvord, Elyse M. Cornett, Alan David Kaye

31. Regional Anesthesia in the Patient with Preexisting Neurological Disease
Rafael Justiz, Alexander F. Bautista

32. Sympathetic Blockade
Miles Day, Rafael Justiz, Audra Day, Maxim S. Eckmann

Part VII. Outcomes Studies in Regional Anesthesia

33. Outcome Studies and Infection Control in Regional Anesthesia
Joshua Ryan Dooley, Stuart Alan Grant

34. Acute Pain Management
Alan David Kaye, Brooke V. Towne, Vibhav B. Reddy, Michael F. Kelley, Si Zhang, Lien Tran, Elyse M. Cornett, Ralf E. Gebhard

35. Regional Anesthesia for Chronic Disease States
Siamak Rahman, Parisa Partownavid

36. Intravenous Regional Anesthesia
Lindsey Vokach-Brodsky, Vibhav B. Reddy, Kathryn Teixeira, Elyse M. Cornett, Julie Gayle, Patricia B. Sutker, Alan David Kaye

37. Pediatric Pain
Lori-Ann Oliver, Jodi-Ann Oliver, Hassan Rayaz, J. Lance Lichtor

Part VIII. Future Trends in Regional Anesthesia

38. Future Trends in Equipment
Neda Sadeghi, Jeff Gadsden

39. Future Trends in Regional Anesthesia Techniques
Amanda Kumar, Jeff Gadsden

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Emergency Medicine