TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Indications for Peripheral Nerve Blocks A1 - Hadzic, Admir PY - 2021 T2 - Hadzic's Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Anatomy for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia, 3e AB - Peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) are an important component in multimodal strategies for acute pain management. PNBs can be used as a sole anesthetic modality or as an adjunct to neuraxial or general anesthesia. The use of regional anesthesia confers many well documented clinical benefits. The wide availability of point-of-care ultrasound in clinical practice and the ubiquitous use of rapid recovery protocols increased the indications and utility of PNBs. A number of new regional anesthesia techniques have been introduced to facilitate early mobilization after surgery. The newer techniques tend to target specific distal sensory branches to decrease motor blockade. As an example, several truncal fascial plane blocks have been proposed as an alternative to epidural analgesia to avoid unwanted effects after thoracic and abdominal procedures (e.g., postural hypotension, motor weakness). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1183901819 ER -