Regional Anesthesia in Nepal

Preparedness for patient safety in orbital regional anesthesia in Nepal.

Eye surgeries are performed mostly under orbital regional anesthesia (blocks) owing to their reliability and high patient acceptance. The most commonly used orbital regional blocks include retro-bulbar (intraconal), peri-bulbar (extra-conal) and sub-tenon named according to the site of deposition of local anesthetic agent. Many variations of these block techniques do also exist. Although these ...

regional anesthesia in children

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Practical Pharmacology in Regional Anesthesia

Safety in pediatric regional anesthesia.

The use of regional anesthesia is increasingly common in pediatric practice. This review reports the complications and risks in pediatric regional anesthesia. Few large studies reported incidence of complications. However, the different studies have shown that regional anesthesia, when performed properly, carried a very low risk of morbidity in appropriately selected infants and children. In ad...

Regional Anesthesia in Trauma Medicine

Regional anesthesia is an established method to provide analgesia for patients in the operating room and during the postoperative phase. While regional anesthesia offers unique advantages, as shown by the recent military experience, it is not commonly utilized in the prehospital or emergency department setting. Most often, regional anesthesia techniques for traumatized patients are first utiliz...