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Brown's Atlas of Regional Anesthesia
- 6th Edition - June 12, 2020
- Authors: Ehab Farag, Loran Mounir-Soliman
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 5 4 3 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 7 4 2 7 - 0
Trusted by anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and pain management specialists through five outstanding editions, Brown’s Atlas of Regional Anesthesia, 6th Edition, continues… Read more
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Request a sales quoteTrusted by anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and pain management specialists through five outstanding editions, Brown’s Atlas of Regional Anesthesia, 6th Edition, continues to keep you fully informed and up to date in this fast-changing field. This practical how-to guide demonstrates each technique in an easy-to-follow manner, providing unmatched guidance on administering a wide range of nerve block techniques in all areas of the body. New videos, new illustrations, and new chapters improve your knowledge and expertise, helping you provide optimal, safe regional anesthesia to every patient.
- Covers the full range of key regional anesthesia topics including anatomy, local anesthetic pharmacology, traditional landmark-based and ultrasound-guided blocks, pediatric regional anesthesia, and chronic pain procedures.
- Features step-by-step instruction highlighted by superb artwork, new anatomical drawings, and clinical photographs—now entirely in full color.
- Includes access to a video library that includes numerous new videos covering every block described in the atlas, a new introductory video on daily clinical practice procedures, and enhanced voiceover on all videos.
- Contains an all-new section on obstetric regional anesthesia, plus new coverage of pic block, serratus anterior block, erector spinae block, stellate ganglion block, rectus sheath catheter block, and pediatric pudendal nerve block, with significant updates to pharmacology sections.
- Presents a wide variety of images to help you develop a 3-dimensional concept of anatomy essential to successful regional anesthesia: cross-sectional anatomy, illustrations of gross and surface anatomy, and ultrasound, CT, and MRI scans.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Anesthesiologists, Nurse Anesthetists and Pain Management Specialists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedicated to
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface to the sixth edition
- Preface to the fifth edition
- Introduction to the fourth edition
- Section I: Introduction
- 1. Pharmacology
- Drugs
- Local anesthetic toxicity
- 2. Pharmacology of local anesthetics in pediatrics
- Introduction
- Amide local anesthetics
- Ester local anesthetics
- Toxicity of local anesthetics
- Suggested reading
- 3. Equipment and ultrasound
- Equipment
- Section II: Upper Extremity Blocks
- 4. Upper extremity block anatomy
- 5. Interscalene block
- Perspective
- Traditional block technique
- Ultrasound for interscalene block
- 6. Supraclavicular block
- Perspective
- Traditional block technique
- Ultrasonography-guided technique
- 7. Suprascapular block
- Sonoanatomy
- Indications
- Technique
- Pearls
- Suprascapular block anterior approach
- 8. Infraclavicular block
- Perspective
- Traditional block technique
- Potential problems
- Ultrasonography-guided technique
- Key points
- References
- 9. Axillary block
- Perspective
- Traditional block technique
- Sonoanatomy
- Axillary catheter technique
- 10. Distal upper extremity blocks
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Digital block
- Pearls
- 11. Intravenous regional block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- Section III: Lower Extremity Blocks
- 12. Lower extremity block anatomy
- 13. Lumbar plexus block
- Inguinal perivascular block (three-in-one block)
- Psoas compartment block
- Lumbar plexus block
- 14. Sciatic block
- Perspective
- Traditional block technique
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- Ultrasonography-guided technique
- 15. Femoral block
- Perspective
- Traditional block technique
- Ultrasonography-guided technique
- 16. Ultrasound for fascia iliaca and inguinal region blocks
- Perspective
- Anatomy
- Sonoanatomy
- Inguinal region blocks
- Indication
- Anatomy
- 17. Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block
- Anatomy
- Landmark technique
- Ultrasound-guided technique
- Pearls
- 18. Obturator block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- Sonoanatomy
- Indications
- Technique
- Pearls
- 19. Popliteal and saphenous block
- Perspective
- Traditional block technique
- Ultrasonography-guided technique
- 20. Adductor canal block
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Pearls
- 21. Ankle block
- Perspective
- Traditional block technique
- Ultrasonography-guided technique
- Section IV: Head and Neck Blocks
- 22. Retrobulbar (peribulbar) block
- 23. Cervical plexus block
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Pearls
- 24. Stellate ganglion block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential complications
- Pearls
- Section V: Airway Blocks
- 25. Airway block anatomy
- 26. Glossopharyngeal block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- 27. Superior laryngeal block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- 28. Translaryngeal block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- Section VI: Truncal Blocks
- 29. Truncal block anatomy
- 30. PECS and Pecto-Intercostal blocks
- Perspective and background
- PECS 1 block
- PECS 2 block
- Pecto-intercostal block
- Potential complications
- Pearls
- 31. Serratus anterior block
- Relevant anatomy
- Potential complications
- 32. Ultrasound for intercostal block
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Pearls
- 33. Paravertebral block
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Pearls
- 34. Erector spinae plane block
- Perspective
- Potential complications
- Pearls
- 35. Rectus sheath block and catheter in adults
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Pearls
- 36. Transversus abdominis plane block (classic approach)
- Relevant anatomy
- Technique
- Indications
- Pearls
- 37. Subcostal transversus abdominal plane block
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Indication
- Pearls
- 38. Quadratus lumborum block
- Sonoanatomy
- Techniques (fig. 38.3–38.8)
- Pearls
- Section VII: Neuraxial Blocks
- 39. Ultrasound-assisted neuraxial blocks
- Relevant sonoanatomy of the spine
- Technique
- Pearls
- 40. Spinal block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- 41. Epidural block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- 42. Caudal block
- Perspective
- Placement
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- Section VIII: Pediatric Regional Using Ultrasound
- 43. Caudal block in pediatrics
- Position
- Anatomy
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Pearls
- 44. Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric block
- Position
- Anatomy
- Sonoanatomy and technique
- Pearls
- 45. Superficial cervical plexus block
- Position
- Anatomy and technique
- Pearls
- 46. Pudendal nerve block
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Pearls
- 47. Paravertebral catheters in pediatrics
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Sonoanatomy
- Technique
- Pearls
- Section IX: Obstetrics Regional Anesthesia
- 48. Regional techniques during pregnancy and delivery
- Perspectives
- Patient selection
- Pharmacologic choice
- Placement
- Needle puncture
- Potential problems
- Pearls
- Index
- No. of pages: 432
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: June 12, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323654357
- eBook ISBN: 9780323674270
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Ehab Farag
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Director of Clinical Research, Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine, Staff Anesthesiologist, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OhioLM
Loran Mounir-Soliman
Affiliations and expertise
Staff, Departments of Pain Management, Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio