Monitoring, Documentation, and Consent for Regional Anesthesia Procedures

Focuses on the importance of documentation and monitoring of nerve block procedures. These topics have medicolegal implications and guide advances in safety and efficacy in regional anesthesia.

Complications and Prevention of Neurologic Injury with Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Reviews the various factors that may contribute to neurologic complications after peripheral nerve blocks and suggests principles of practice and implications of monitoring modalities to mitigate the risk of ne...

Electrical Nerve Stimulators and Localization of Peripheral Nerves

André van Zundert and Admir Hadzic INTRODUCTION Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), an important tool to aid administration of peripheral nerve blocks. Improvements in electrical nerve localization technology h...

Equipment for Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Holly Evans, Karen C. Nielsen, M. Steve Melton, Roy A. Greengrass, and Susan M. Steele INTRODUCTION Continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNBs) provide a number of advantages in the perioperative period. These t...

Equipment for Regional Anesthesia

Vivian H. Y. Ip and Ban C. H. Tsui INTRODUCTION Regional anesthesia has become commonplace in many practices worldwide due to the increasing evidence of patient benefits, such as a reduction in pulmonary and th...