TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 61. Perioperative Management with Peripheral Nerve Block Anesthesia A1 - Deschner, Bonnie A1 - Hadzic, Admir A2 - Hadzic, Admir Y1 - 2007 N1 - T2 - NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management AB - Regional anesthesia offers multiple clinical advantages that contribute to both an improved patient outcome and lower overall health care costs.1–4 Peripheral nerve blocks provide excellent anesthesia, postoperative pain relief, reduced complications of wound healing compared with infiltration anesthesia, fewer side effects than general anesthesia, and facilitate early physical activity.5–8 Peripheral nerve blocks are frequently used in elderly patients to limit excessive sedation while providing excellent pain control.9 Nerve blocks are associated with reduced use of opioids for postoperative pain, fewer postoperative complications, and earlier discharges.6,10–12 Single-injection regional blocks and continuous peripheral catheters play a valuable role in a multimodal approach to pain management in the critically ill patient, providing excellent patient comfort while reducing the physiologic stress response.13 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3507207 ER -