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

INTRODUCTION Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), an important tool to aid administration of peripheral nerve blocks. Improvements in electrical nerve localization technology have led to a number of commercially...

Equipment for Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks

INTRODUCTION Continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNBs) provide a number of advantages in the perioperative period. These techniques provide the flexibility to prolong intraoperative anesthesia while avoiding t...

Equipment for Regional Anesthesia

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 thromboembolic complications, reducti...