Main description:

Focused on rotations in regional anesthesia and chronic pain, this book provides a structured review of the concepts covered in the American Board of Anesthesiology in-training exam.

The first section of the book covers regional anesthesia with dedicated chapters on basic science, acute postoperative pain, and nerve blocks for neuraxial, lower and upper extremity blocks, and head and neck. The second section on chronic pain includes chapters on basic science and common pain conditions - including craniofacial pain, CRPS, neuropathic pain, and cancer pain. This section closes on multimodal analgesia and other treatment approaches. Each chapter presents a common clinical topic and is organized by indications, preparation, technique, complication, prevention, clinical pearls, and related ABA key points. Highlights must-know information in bold throughout the text.

Concise, practical, and easy-to-read, this book will aid anesthesiology residents, certified nurse anesthetists, and medical students in their study regarding patient care practices on regional anesthesia and chronic pain. The book will also be useful to residents going into regional anesthesia and pain medicine subspecialties during the year of their anesthesiology training.

Contents:

SECTION I: REGIONAL ANESTHESIA

Basic science: Principles of Ultrasound: Obtaining an Image, Resolution, Depth, Frequency, Resonance

Basic science: Local anesthetics and adjuvants for nerve blocks

Acute postoperative pain: Patient-Controlled Analgesia

Acute postoperative pain: Regional vs General Anesthesia

Acute postoperative pain: Pediatric Regional Anesthesia

General topics: Regional Anesthesia for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

General topics: Nerve Injury in Regional Anesthesia

General topics: Bier Block

General topics: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity

General topics: Post-Dural Puncture Headache

Neuraxial block: Overview

Neuraxial block: Spine Anatomy; Epidural (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Caudal)

Neuraxial block: Epidural Adjuvants

Neuraxial block: Spinal and Combined Spinal Epidural

Neuraxial block: Somatic and Autonomic Blockade; Cardiac, Pulmonary, GI, GU, Endocrine, and Metabolic Effects of Neuraxial Block

Neuraxial block: ASRA Guidelines on Implications of Anticoagulants and Platelet Inhibitors

Lower extremity blocks: Sciatic Nerve Block and Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block

Lower extremity blocks: Femoral Nerve Block and Adductor Canal Block

Lower extremity blocks: Lumbar Plexus Block and Obturator Nerve Block

Lower extremity blocks: Popliteal Sciatic Block

Lower extremity blocks: Ankle Block

Upper extremity blocks: Interscalene and Superior Trunk Block

Upper extremity blocks: Supraclavicular Nerve Block

Upper extremity blocks: Infraclavicular and Axillary Nerve Block.

Upper extremity blocks: Wrist blocks: Ulnar, Radial, Median Nerve Blocks

Upper extremity blocks: Suprascapular Nerve Block

Trunk block: Intercostal Nerve Block

Trunk block: Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks.

Trunk block: Thoracic Paravertebral Nerve Block

Trunk block: Ilioinguinal and Iliohypogastric Nerve Block

Trunk block: Erector Spinae Block

Trunk block: Pectoralis Nerve Block

Head and Neck: Glossopharyngeal, Superior Laryngeal, Transtracheal Block

Head and Neck: Retrobulbar Block and Peribulbar Block

Head and Neck: Superficial Cervical Plexus Block for Awake Carotid Endarterectomy

SECTION II: Chronic Pain

Basic science: Pain Mechanisms and Pathways

Basic science: Opioid Receptors

Basic science: Social, Vocational and Psychological Influences on Pain Perception

Basic science: Gender and Age Differences in Pain Perception

Basic science: Pathophysiology of Acute and Chronic Pain; Somatic vs Visceral Pain

Basic science: Autonomic Nervous System Physiology

Noncancer pain: Myofascial Pain syndrome

Noncancer pain: Fibromyalgia

Noncancer pain: Facet Arthropathy and Axial Low Back and Neck Pain

Noncancer pain: Radiculopathy and Epidural Steroid Injections

Noncancer pain: Discogenic Low Back Pain

Craniofacial pain: Headache and Botulinum Neurotoxins

Craniofacial pain: Craniofacial Pain: Supraorbital, Infraorbital, Auriculotemporal Nerve Block

Craniofacial pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia

Craniofacial pain: Occipital Neuralgia and Nerve Block

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Sympathetic blocks: Stellate Ganglion Block

Sympathetic blocks: Celiac Plexus Nerve Block and Neurolysis

Sympathetic blocks: Lumbar Sympathetic Block

Sympathetic blocks: Superior Hypogastric Block and Neurolysis

Sympathetic blocks: Ganglion Impar Nerve Block and Neurolysis

Neuropathic pain: Postherpetic Neuralgia

Neuropathic pain: Phantom Limb Pain and Central Post-Stroke Pain

Neuropathic pain: Peripheral Neuropathies

Neuropathic pain: Genitofemoral Nerve Block

Neuropathic pain: Pudendal Nerve Block

Cancer Pain: Overview

Cancer pain: Neuroablation Techniques for Pain Management

Cancer pain: Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intrathecal Drug Delivery System

Multimodal analgesia: Overview

Multimodal analgesia: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Multimodal analgesia: World Health Organization Analgesic Ladder

Multimodal analgesia: NSAIDs and Acetaminophen for Acute and Chronic Pain

Multimodal analgesia: Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants for Neuropathic pain

Multimodal analgesia: Opioid Analgesics, Tolerance, Dependence and Addiction

Multimodal analgesia: Equianalgesic Doses of Opioids

Multimodal analgesia: NMDA blocker: Methadone and Ketamine

Multimodal analgesia: Non-pharmacological Approaches to Chronic Pain Management