This unique text details the use of regional anesthesia for the management of all aspects of pain. It demonstrates the various blocks used, with lavish and classic illustrations to illuminate the text describing each procedure. It also covers the latest aspects of pain management, with recent advances and breakthroughs reported and discussed as to their relative usefulness and efficacy in clinical practice. Classic contributions are balanced with reports of new technologic and research developments, providing the best overview of regional anesthesia and pain management available today. Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 200
Contributing Authors xi(4) Foreword to the Second Edition xv(2) Sir Robert Macintosh Preface xvii(4) Acknowledgments xxi INTRODUCTION 1 The History of Neural Blockade and Pain Management 3(32) David L. Brown B. Raymond Fink PART
1. PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF NEURAL BLOCKADE 35(144) 2 Neural Physiology and Local Anesthetic Action 35(20) Gary R. Strichartz 3 Properties, Absorption, and Disposition of Local Anesthetic Agents 55(42) Geoffrey T. Tucker Laurence E. Mather 4 Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetic Agents 97(32) Benjamin G. Covino John A. W. Wildsmith 5 Modification of Responses to Surgery by Neural Blockade: Clinical Implications 129(50) Henrik Kehlet PART
2. TECHNIQUES OF NEURAL BLOCKADE 179(496) 6 Perioperative Management of Patients for Neural Blockade 179(24) Phillip O. Bridenbaugh James C. Crews A. Central Neural Blockade 203(142) 7 Spinal (Subarachnoid) Neural Blockade 203(40) Phillip O. Bridenbaugh Nicholas M. Greene Sorin J. Brull 8 Epidural Neural Blockade 243(80) Michael J. Cousins Bernadette T. Veering 9 Caudal Epidural Blockade 323(22) Richard J. Willis B. Extremities 345(106) 10 The Upper Extremity: Somatic Block 345(28) David L. Brown L. Donald Bridenbaugh 11 The Lower Extremity: Somatic Blockade 373(22) Phillip O. Bridenbaugh Denise J. Wedel 12 Intravenous Regional Neural Blockade 395(16) Charles McK. Holmes 13 Sympathetic Neural Blockade of Upper and Lower Extremity 411(40) Harald Breivik Michael J. Cousins J. Bertil Lofstrom C. Thorax and Abdomen 451(38) 14 Celiac and Hypogastric Plexus, Intercostal, Interpleural, and Peripheral Neural Blockade of the Thorax and Abdomen 451(38) Dan J. Kopacz Gale E. Thompson D. Head and Neck 489(186) 15 Somatic Blockade of Head and Neck 489(26) Terence M. Murphy 16 Neural Blockade of Oral and Circumoral Structures: Intraoral Approach 515(18) C. Richard Bennett Joseph A. Giovannitti, Jr. 17 Neural Blockade for Ophthalmologic Surgery 533(24) Kathryn E. McGoldrick Marianne E. Feitl Theodore Krupin 18 Neural Blockade for Obstetrics and Gynecologic Surgery 557(48) Peter Brownridge Sheila E. Cohen M. Elizabeth Ward 19 Neural Blockade for Outpatients 605(10) Michael F. Mulroy L. Donald Bridenbaugh 20 Neural Blockade for Pediatric Surgery 615(24) Lynn M. Broadman Linda Jo Rice 21 Complications of Local Anesthetic Neural Blockade 639(24) Phillip O. Bridenbaugh Denise J. Wedel 22 Complications of Neurolytic Neural Blockade 663(12) J. Edmond Charlton William A. Macrae PART
3. NEURAL BLOCKADE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN 675(470) 23.1 Introduction to Pain Mechanisms: Implications for Neural Blockade 675(40) Phillip J. Siddall Michael J. Cousins 23.2 Introduction to Pain in Pediatric and Neonatal Patients 715(12) Suellen M. Walker 24 Physiologic and Pharmacologic Substrates of Nociception and Nerve Injury 727(54) Tony L. Yaksh 25 Psychological Aspects of Pain: Implications for Neural Blockade 781(12) Ronald Melzack 26 Acute Pain Management and Acute Pain Services 793(44) Raymond S. Sinatra 27 Diagnostic and Prognostic Neural Blockade 837(42) Quinn H. Hogan Stephen E. Abram 28 Back Pain and the Role of Neural Blockade 879(36) Donald C. Manning John C. Rowlingson 29 Spinal Route of Analgesia: Opioids and Future Options 915(70) Daniel B. Carr Michael J. Cousins 30 Neuropathology of Neurolytic Agents 985(22) Robert R. Myers 31 Techniques for Neurolytic Neural Blockade 1007(56) Richard B. Patt Michael J. Cousins 32 Neurostimulation and Percutaneous Neural Destructive Techniques 1063(50) Ronald R. Tasker 33 Evolution of the Specialty of Pain Medicine and the Multidisciplinary Approach to Pain 1113(22) J. David Haddox John J. Bonica 34 New Horizons: An Essay 1135(10) Patrick D. Wall Subject Index 1145
