Cousins and Bridenbaugh's Neural Blockade in Clinical Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

This comprehensive, authoritative text presents the scientific foundations and clinical practice of neural blockade in both regional anesthesia and the management of pain. The descriptions and illustrations of pain mechanisms are considered classic examples. The Fourth Edition has been refined for clarity and flows logically from principles and pharmacology, to techniques for each anatomic region, to applications. This edition has two new co-editors and several new chapters on topics including neurologic complications, neural blockade for surgery, treatment of pain in older people, and complications in pain medicine.
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New in this edition 

• Two new co-editors, Daniel Carr and Terese Horlocker, who are widely known and well respected physicians in the field
• New chapters on:
  • Impact on patient outcomes
  • Neurologic complications
  • Blocks in surgery
  • Pain in the elderly
  • Complications 

Contents 

• Chapter 1 The History of Regional Anesthesia

PART I PHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROPHSIOLOGY

• Chapter 2 Neural Physiology and Local Anesthetic Action
• Chapter 3 Properties, Absorption, and Disposition of Local Anesthetic Agents
• Chapter 4 Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics
• Chapter 5 Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity
• Chapter 6 Modification of Metabolic Responses to Surgery by Neural Blockade
• Chapter 7 Neural Blockade: Impact on Outcome

PART II TECHNIQUES OF NEURAL BLOCKADE IN CLINICAL ANESTHESIA

• Chapter 8 Perioperative Management of Patients and Equipment Selection for Neural Blockade

SECTION A NEURAXIAL BLOCKADE

• Chapter 9 Anatomy of the Neuraxis
• Chapter 10 Spinal (Subarachnoid) Blockade
• Chapter 11 Epidural Neural Blockade
• Chapter 12 Neurologic Complications of Neuraxial Block

SECTION B PERIPHERAL BLOCK

• Chapter 13 The Upper Extremity: Somatic Block
• Chapter 14 The Lower Extremity: Somatic Blockade
• Chapter 15 Intravenous Regional Neural Blockade

SECTION C THORAX AND ABDOMEN

• Chapter 16 Intercostal, Intrapleural, and Peripheral Blockade of the Thorax and Abdomen

SECTION D HEAD AND NECK

• Chapter 17 Somatic Blockade of the Head and Neck
• Chapter 18 Neural Blockade of Oral and Circumoral Structures
• Chapter 19 Neural Blockade of the Eye
• Chapter 20 Neurologic Complications of Peripheral Neural Blockade 

PART III APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL BLOCKADE IN CLINICAL ANESTHESIA

• Chapter 21 Neural Blockade for Surgery to the Head and Neck
• Chapter 22 Neural Blockade for Cardiovascular Surgery
• Chapter 23 Neural Blockade for Abdominal and Thoracic (Non-vascular) Surgery
• Chapter 24 Neural Blockade for Obstetrics and Gynecologic Surgery
• Chapter 25 Neural Blockade for Orthopedic Surgery
• Chapter 26 Neural Blockade for Ambulatory Surgery
• Chapter 27 Neural Blockade for Pediatric Surgery 

PART IV NEURAL BLOCKADE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN 

SECTION A PHYSIOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGY, AND BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS

• Chapter 28 Pain Medicine: History, Emergence as a Medical Specialty, and Evolution of the Multidisciplinary Approach
• Chapter 29 Socioeconomic Factors in Chronic Pain and Its Management
• Chapter 30 Developmental Aspects of Nociception
• Chapter 31 Introduction to Pain Mechanisms: Implications for Neural Blockade
• Chapter 32 Physiologic and Pharmacologic Substrates of Nociception after Tissue and Nerve Injury
• Chapter 33 Pharmacologic Substrates of Pain: Peripheral Voltage Gated Ion Channels in Pain
• Chapter 34 Neurochemical and Neurophysiological Effects of Needle Insertion: Clinical Implications
• Chapter 35 Psychological Aspects of Pain: Implications for Neural Blockade
• Chapter 36 The Placebo Response: Implications for Neural Blockade

SECTION B CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSISTENT PAIN

• Chapter 37 Assessment and Diagnosis of Chronic Pain Conditions
• Chapter 38 Diagnostic and Prognostic Neural Blockade

SECTION C TECHNIQUES OF NEURAL BLOCKADE AND NEUROSTIMULATION

• Chapter 39 Sympathetic Neural Blockade of Upper and Lower Extremity
• Chapter 40 Spinal Route of Analgesia: Opioids and Future Options for Spinal Analgesic Chemotherapy
• Chapter 41 Neurostimulation
• Chapter 42 Percutaneous Neural Destructive Techniques 

SECTION D APPLICATIONS, COMPLICATIONS, AND THE FUTURE

• Chapter 43 Acute Pain Management and Acute Pain Services
• Chapter 44 Spinal Pain and the Role of Neural Blockade
• Chapter 45 Treatment of Cancer Pain: Role of Neural Blockade and Neuromodulation

Index

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1360 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth edition (December 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781773881 
• ISBN-13: 978-0781773881
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 1.9 inches

List Price: $229.00