Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Regional AnesthesiaAtlas of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia, by Andrew T. Gray, MD, PhD, shows you how to get the maximum benefit from this technique, while at the same time increasing your efficiency and ensuring patient safety. Dr. Gray, a pioneer of ultrasound guidance in regional anesthesia, demonstrates step-by-step a full range of nerve block techniques designed to help you improve the quality and success rate of regional blocks. A companion Expert Consult site features videos of regional blocks performed under ultrasound guidance. Presents coverage of each block through a consistent organization that makes it easy to locate the information you need and allows for better learning. Offers review-style questions that test your knowledge and competence and offer an excellent tool for ABA board exam preparation. Includes more than 400 figures for visualization of the nerves and surrounding structures. Includes a companion Expert Consult site featuring videos of regional blocks performed under ultrasound guidance for enhanced visual learning. |
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Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia: Expert Consult - Online Andrew T. Gray Limited preview - 2009 |
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acoustic anatomic Anesth Analg anesthesia anesthetic is distributed Anteromedial axillary artery axillary block block needle bone brachial plexus brachial plexus block catheter caudal epidural Cephalad Clinical Pearls Clinical significance comet-tail artifact common peroneal nerve cutaneous nerve deep peroneal nerve distal Doppler echogenic External photograph showing fascia femoral artery femoral nerve forearm ilioinguinal nerves Image sequence showing in-plane approach innervation interscalene intraneural injection labeled sonogram Lateral Lateral LFCN local anesthetic median nerve musculocutaneous nerve nerve block nerve Lateral nerve lies out-of-plane approach patients pectoralis peripheral nerves phrenic nerve pleura pneumothorax Posterolateral proximal radial nerve Rectus abdominis muscle Reg Anesth Pain regional block sacrococcygeal ligament saphenous nerve saphenous vein sartorius muscle sciatic nerve Short-axis view sonogram Sonographic Sternocleidomastoid muscle subcutaneous tissue Suggested Technique superficial peroneal nerve supraclavicular sural nerve thigh tibial artery tibial nerve tip is placed transducer transverse ulnar nerve ultrasound Ultrasound guidance ultrasound imaging ultrasound-guided Vastus medialis visualized