Product Description

This is a comprehensive new textbook focusing on the basic science principles and clinical practice of regional anesthesia and acute pain management - in a magnificent full-color format.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #373487 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 2000 pages

Review
"If you were going to buy one regional anaesthesia textbook in a lifetime, this would be it!" --Highly Commended at the 2008 British Medical Association Medical Book Awards

Review
2007 BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEDICAL BOOK AWARDS Highy Commended – Textbook of Regional Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Management, Hadzic ‘This is a superbly illustrated and comprehensive text covering all aspects of regional anaesthesia. It has both in-depth analysis of methods and risks as well as rapid access clinical pearls to focus necessary information of the rapid “in-theatre” check. A useful addition to any anaesthesia library.’ BMA REVIEWER QUOTE 2007 (BMA News Information )

From the Back Cover
The single most comprehensive hands-on guide to the practice of Regional
Anesthesia and Pain Management - in full color!

Here at last is a reference that covers the practice of Regional Anesthesia
in its entirety, providing practitioners and students with both the
physiologic principles and specific, state-of-the-art patient-management
protocols and techniques.

Recognized leaders in the specialty have filled this richly illustrated
volume with authoritative, completely practical help. You'll find
algorithms for managing or avoiding a wide range of common clinical
dilemmas or complications. You get time-saving tools such as
intravenous-to-oral opioid conversion tables and PCA setup guides as well
as no-nonsense selection of nerve block techniques and advice on their
strengths and pitfalls. This handy reference helps you make wise choices
about anesthetics, dosing intervals, equipment, and perioperative
management of patients receiving single-injection or continuous nerve
blocks or spinal or epidural anesthesia. It tells you how to successfully
manage patients with suspected epidural hematoma or neurologic injuries -
and much more.

Filled with full-color, high-quality, detailed illustrations and clinical
images of actual patients
Covers the entire field of regional anesthesia, including nerve stimulator
and ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks, from imaging and
instrumentation to step-by-step instructions for employing them in adults
and children
Details how to achieve reliable anesthesia and analgesia for surgical
interventions on the face and upper and lower extremities
Provides information on the advantages and disadvantages of using regional
anesthesia in patients with coexisting diseases
Offers guidance on acute pain management of adults and children in the
perioperative period and in the ER
Features up-to-date information on the etiology, prevention, and management
of a wide range of complications