xxvii, 1506 pages : color illustrations, charts ; 29 cm
CONTENT
Part I: History -- The history of local anesthesia -- Part II: Foundations of local and regional anesthesia -- Anatomy and histology of peripheral nervous system and newraxis -- Pharmacology -- Equipment for peripheral nerve blocks -- Patient management considerations -- Part III: Clinical practice of regional anesthesia -- Part 3A. Local and infiltrational anesthesia -- Part 3B. Intravenous regional block for upper & lower extremity -- Part 3C. Neuraxial anesthesia -- Spinal anesthesi -- Epidural anesthesia -- Caudal anesthesia -- Combined spinal and epidural anesthesia -- Postdural puncture headache -- Part 3D. Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks -- Fundamentals of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia -- Ultrasound-guided head and neck nerve blocks -- Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for the upper extremity -- Ultraound-guided nerve blocks for the lower extremity -- Ultrasound-guided nerve clocks for abdominal & thoracic wall -- Part 3E. Local and regional anesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery -- Part 3F. Local and regional anesthesia for the eye -- Part IV: Ultrasound imaging of neuraxial and perivertebral space -- Part V: Obstetric anesthesia -- Part VI: Pediatric anesthesia -- Part VII: Anesthesia in patients with specific considerations -- Part VIII: Regional anesthesia in the emergency department -- Part IX: Complications of local and regional anesthesia -- Part X: Last: Local anesthetic systemic toxicity -- Part XI: Perioperative outcome and economics of regional anesthesia -- Part XII: Acute pain management -- Part XIII: Education in regional anesthesia -- Part XIV: Statistics and principles of research design in regional anesthesia ansd acute pain medicine -- Part XV: Nerve stimulator and surface anatomy-based nerve blocks -- Upper extremity -- Truncal blocks -- Lower extremity blocks