Local & Regional Anaesthesia

ISBN-13: 9780727914804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 180 str.

Bmj Books; Per H. Rosenberg

Opis

This book presents the most important aspects of modern clinical use of local anaesthetic drugs and of local and regional anaesthetic techniques. Special attention is paid to safety, i.e., toxicity features which are covered in sufficient detail for the practitioner to use these techniques safely. Controversies depending on technical differences in the applied techniques, as well as on differences in local anaesthetic solutions, are discussed, providing a useful overview of the specialty worldwide.

Spis treści

Clinical pharmacology of local anaesthetics.

Toxicity of local anaesthetics associated with nerve blocks.

Common local anesthetic blocks.

Intravenous regional anaethesia.

Modern technical aspects of regional anaesthesia.

Local anaesthesia in ambulatory surgery.

Epidural and spinal anaesthesia in obstetrics – current status.

Controversies in clinical practice of regional anaesthesia.

Complications of local and regional anaesthesia