Trusted 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.
Table of Contents
Section I Introduction1. Pharmacology
Kamal Maheshwari
2. Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics in Pediatrics
Ibrahim Farid and Rami Edward Karroum
3. Equipment and Ultrasound
Loran Mounir Soliman
Section II Upper Extremity Blocks
4. Upper Extremity Block Anatomy
David L. Brown
5. Interscalene Block
Ehab Farag with David L. Brown
6. Supraclavicular Block
Ehab Farag and David L. Brown
7. Suprascapular Block
Wael Ali Sakr Esa
8. Infraclavicular Block
Kenneth C. Cummings III
9. Axillary Block
Wael Ali Sakr Esa and David L. Brown
10. Distal Upper Extremity Block
Sree Kolli and Sanchit Ahuja
11. Intravenous Regional Block
David L. Brown
Section III Lower Extremity Blocks
12. Lower Extremity Block Anatomy
David L. Brown
13. Lumbar Plexus Block
Loran Mounir Soliman and David L. Brown
14. Sciatic Block
Ehab Farag and David L. Brown
15. Femoral Block
Ehab Farag and David L. Brown
16. Ultrasound for Fascia Iliaca and Inguinal Region Blocks
Mohammed Faysal Malik and Chihiro Toda
17. Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Block
Sanchit Ahuja and Sree Kolli
18. Obturator Block
Loran Mounir Soliman and David L. Brown
19. Popliteal and Saphenous Block
Maria Yared and David L. Brown
20. Adductor Canal Block
Ehab Farag
21. Ankle Block
Maria Yared and David L. Brown
Section IV Head and Neck Blocks
22. Retrobulbar (Peribulbar) Block
David L. Brown
23. Cervical Plexus Block
Jacob Ezell and Samantha Stamper
24. Stellate Ganglion Blocks
Vicente Roqu?s Escolar Sr.
Ana Isabel S?nchez-Amador
Section V Airway Blocks
25. Airway Block Anatomy
David L. Brown
26. Glossopharyngeal Block
David L. Brown
27. Superior Laryngeal Block
David L. Brown
28. Translaryngeal Block
David L. Brown
Section VI Truncal Blocks
29. Truncal Block Anatomy
David L. Brown
30. Pecs and Pecto-intercostal Blocks
Loran Mounir Soliman
31. Serratus Anterior Block
Loran Mounir Soliman
32. Intercostal Block
Ehab Farag and Rajeev Krishnaney Davison
33. Paravertebral Bloc
Ehab Farag
34. Erector Spinae block
Vicente Roqu?s Escolar Sr.and Mauricio Forero
35. Rectus Sheath Block and Catheter in Adults
Jacob Ezell, Junaid Mukhdomi, Samantha Stamper, John Seif
36. Transversus Abdominal Plane Block
Loran Mounir-Soliman
37. Subcostal Transversus Abdominal Plane Block
Ehab Farag
38. Quadratus Lumborum Block
Hesham Elsharkawy and Ehab Farag
Section VII Neuraxial Blocks
39. Ultrasound-Assisted Neuraxial Blocks
Loran Mounir Soliman
40. Spinal Block
David L. Brown
41. Epidural Block
David L. Brown
42. Caudal Block
David L. Brown
Section VIII: Pediatric Regional Using Ultrasound
43. Caudal Block in Pediatrics
John Seif
44. Ilioinguinal and Iliohypogastric Block
John Seif
45. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block
John Seif
46. Pudendal Nerve Block
John Seif
47. Paravertebral Catheters in Pediatrics
John Seif
Section IX : Obstetrics Regional Anesthesia
48. Regional Techniques During Pregnancy and Delivery
Cynthia A. Wong
