Regional Nerve Blocks-Best Practice Strategies for Reduction in Complications and Comprehensive Review

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Understanding the etiologies of the complications associated with regional anesthesia and implementing methods to reduce their occurrence provides an opportunity to foster safer practices in the delivery of regional anesthesia.

RECENT FINDINGS: Neurologic injuries following peripheral nerve block (PNB) and neuraxial blocks are rare, with most being transient. However, long-lasting and devastating sequelae can occur with regional anesthesia. Risk factors for neurologic injury following PNB include type of block, injection in the presence of deep sedation or general anesthesia, presence of existing neuropathy, mechanical trauma from the needle, pressure injury, intraneural injection, neuronal ischemia, iatrogenic injury related to surgery, and local anesthetic neurotoxicity. The present investigation discusses regional blocks, complications of regional blocks, risk factors, site-specific limitations, specific complications and how to prevent them from happening, avoiding complications in regional anesthesia, and the future of regional anesthesia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Current pain and headache reports - 23(2019), 6 vom: 23. Mai, Seite 43

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Helander, Erik M [VerfasserIn]
Kaye, Aaron J [VerfasserIn]
Eng, Matthew R [VerfasserIn]
Emelife, Patrick I [VerfasserIn]
Motejunas, Mark W [VerfasserIn]
Bonneval, Lauren A [VerfasserIn]
Terracciano, Justin A [VerfasserIn]
Cornett, Elyse M [VerfasserIn]
Kaye, Alan D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analgesia
Anesthetics, Local
Journal Article
Nerve blocks
Pain
Regional anesthesia
Review
Ultrasound

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.12.2019

Date Revised 25.02.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11916-019-0782-0

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29742100X