Complications in regional anesthesia and pain medicine /

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This single-source reference addresses complications related to the practice of regional anesthesia and pain medicine. Chapters are written by a world authority on each specific complication and are evidence-based from an extensive literature search. Each chapter is constructed to follow a defined a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Neal, Joseph M., Rathmell, James P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, Ã2013.
Ã2013
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:LWW medical book collection.
Subjects:
Conduction anesthesia > Complications.
Anesthesia, Conduction > adverse effects
Analgesia > adverse effects
Pain Management > adverse effects
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Conduction anesthesia > Complications
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An overview of risk analysis
  • Overview of regional anesthesia complications
  • An overview of strategies to reduce risk
  • Bleeding complications
  • Infectious complications
  • Hemodynamic complications
  • Local anesthetic systemic toxicity
  • Adjuvant and preservative toxicity
  • Meningeal puncture headache
  • Neuraxis mechanical injury
  • Local anesthetic neurotoxicity and cauda equina syndrome
  • Neuraxis ischemic injury
  • transient neurologic symptoms
  • Peripheral nerve injury
  • Myotoxicity
  • Pulmonary complications
  • The role of nerve localization techniques in safety
  • Unintended destinations of local anesthetics
  • Complications associated with systemic opioids and patient-controlled analgesia
  • Complications associated with continuous epidural analgesia
  • Continuous peripheral nerve blocks
  • Complications associated with stellate ganglion and lumbar sympathetic blocks
  • Complications associated with neurolytic celiac plexus block
  • Complications associated with superior hypogastric and ganglion lmpar blocks
  • Complications associated with intrathecal drug delivery systems
  • Complications associated with spinal cord stimulation
  • Complications associated with epidural, facet joint, and sacroiliac joint injections
  • Complications associated with transforaminal injections
  • Complications associated with discography and intradiscal treatment techniques
  • The role of image guidance in improving the safety of pain treatment
  • Complications associated with neurolytic blocks
  • Complications associated with radiofrequency treatment for chronic pain
  • Complications associated with lysis of epidural adhesions and epiduroscopy
  • Complications associated with chronic opioid therapy
  • Complications associated with chronic steroid use
  • Findings from the ASA closed claims project
  • The use of opioid analgesics: legal and regulatory issues
  • Informed consent and documentation.

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