TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Foreword
A1  - Hadzic, Admir
PY  - 2021
T2  - Hadzic's Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Anatomy for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia, 3e
AB  - The  third  edition  of  this  standard  textbook  on  ultrasound  nerve  blocks  is  released  during  a  unique  period  in  human  history.  The  COVID-19  pandemic  and  the  threats  that  the  disease  poses  to  both  patients  and  healthcare  workers  have  substantially  changed  perioperative  practice.  During  the  pandemic,  regional  anesthesia  was  established  as  the  preferred  method  over  general  anesthesia  whenever  possible.  Nerve  blocks  preserve  respiratory  function  and  avoid  aerosolization  during  intubation  and  extubation  and,  hence,  viral  transmission  to  other  patients  and  healthcare  workers.  As  an  example,  the  use  of  nerve  blocks  as  the  preferred  surgical  anesthesia  method  during  the  pandemic  allowed  many  limb  surgeries  to  be  carried  out  with  decreased  exposure  to  healthcare  workers  and  less  burden  on  post-anesthesia  care  units  (PACUs)  and  utilization  of  hospital  beds.  With  regional  anesthesia,  patients  can  leave  acute  postoperative  care  facilities  faster  and  avoid  admission  to  the  limited  hospitalization  beds.  In  our  center,  using  regional  anesthesia  and  nerve  blocks  as  the  main  anesthetic  choice  allowed  elective  orthopedic  surgery  in  many  patients.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/25
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181744949
ER  -