Wound local anesthetic infusions
CHAPTER 13 Wound local anesthetic infusions Jack Barrett Placing local anesthetic in or close to the surgical wound has become a popular method of providing intra- and postoperative analgesia. The…
Complications, toxicity, and safety
CHAPTER 5 Complications, toxicity, and safety Frank Loughnane Complications and toxicity Principles underlying complications and errors A complication is an undesirable, unexpected event occurring in the course of an intervention….
Peripheral nerve blockade for ambulatory surgery
CHAPTER 8 Peripheral nerve blockade for ambulatory surgery Stephen Mannion, Xavier Capdevila Introduction Over the last 15–20 years there has been a rapid increase worldwide in the numbers of surgical…
Regional anesthesia in perspective: history, current role, and the future
CHAPTER 2 Regional anesthesia in perspective history, current role, and the future Frank Loughnane The doctrine of specific energies of the senses, proclaimed by Johannes P. Mueller (1801–58) in 1826…
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Introduction George Shorten Within anesthetic practice, the role of regional anesthesia – including peripheral nerve block – has expanded greatly over the past two decades. In 1998, a…
Complications Associated with Chronic Opioid Therapy
COMMON OPIOID-RELATED ADVERSE EFFECTS Common opioid-related adverse effects include constipation, urinary retention, sedation, delirium, dry mouth, respiratory depression, hyperhidrosis, pruritus, muscular spasm, tremor, nausea, and vomiting. The use of opioid…
Complications Associated with Spinal Cord Stimulation
FIGURE 26-1. Schematic diagram of the gate control theory as proposed by Melzack and Wall in 1965. The theory suggests that sensory input from the periphery converges on a group…
Peripheral Nerve Injury
Male gender Tobacco use Increasing age Preexisting diabetes mellitus Extremes of body habitus Preexisting neurologic disorders Surgical Risk Factors Surgical trauma or stretch…
Bleeding Complications
SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM The actual incidence of neurologic dysfunction resulting from hemorrhagic complications associated with central neural blockade is unknown. In an extensive review of the literature, Tryba4 identified…
Complications Associated with Continuous
ABD (abdominal), BUP (bupivacaine), CAN (cancer), COLO (colorectal), FEN (fentanyl), META (meta-analysis), MIX (mixed), n/a (not available), MOR (morphine), OBS (observational study), S (subjects), SUF (sufentanil), SYST (systematic review), T…
