Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Principles And Practice ; New York School Of Regional Anesthesia

. From the experts at the New York School of Regional Anesthesia -- one of the worlds leading programs for practice, education, and research in the field - comes this concise, full-color tutorial for mastering or updating your expertise in nerve block techniques. Featuring 350 illustrations, including 175 life-like, full-color clinical photographs of actual patients, Peripheral Nerve Blocks provides the most practical, state-of-the-art guidance for most major nerve block procedures. A standardized, user-friendly format provides meticulous, step-by-step instructions for each procedure including: .

. *General Considerations.
*Indications.
*Functional Anatomy .
*Patient Positioning.
*Equipment.
*Choice of Local Anesthetic.
*Distribution of Anesthesia.
*Surface and Anatomical Landmarks.
*Single Shot and Continuous Techniques.
*Complications and How to Avoid Them.

. All chapters begin with a unique Block at a Glance feature that serves as a "flash card" and conveniently lists the most important, salient features of each block such as: indications, landmarks, equipment, anesthetic, and level of complexity. In addition, a separate Keys To Success with Nerve Blocks chapter conveniently summarizes general guidelines for selection of techniques..

. FEATURES: .
*Clear, accurate, step-by-step instructions for most major nerve block procedures in real patients.
*Numerous detailed and clinically insightful descriptions and illustrations, without distracting theoretical considerations .
*Brilliant, full-color original illustrations and clinical photographs that illuminate each procedure with unparalleleddetail.
*Numerous Tips and Goals specific to every procedure .
*Tables with choice of Local Anesthetics specific for each nerve block procedure .
*Separate chapters cover equipment and patient monitoring, essential anatomy, clinical pharmacology, neurologic complications, and more.
*Suggested Readings included in every chapter.

. Highly instructive, beautifully illustrated, and superbly written, "PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS" serves as your personal hands-on workshop to learn and utilize state-of-the-art nerve block techniques an ever-increasing portion of your daily practice. It should be an integral part of your anesthesiology library..

Authored by the world's leading authorities, this is an authoritative, full-color instructional manual for mastering nerve block techniques. Beautifully illustrated with 350 color illustrations, including 175 clinical photographs of actual patients.