TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 58. Regional Anesthesia & Systemic Disease A1 - Gadsden, Jeffrey A1 - Hadzic, Admir A2 - Hadzic, Admir PY - 2007 T2 - NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management AB - Patients with coexisting severe systemic disease may be at a higher risk for perioperative complications related to surgery and administration of anesthesia. Regional anesthesia is often touted as beneficial in many patients who have pulmonary, cardiac, renal, and other disease. However, the physiologic changes that occur with various regional anesthesia techniques must be understood and viewed within the context of an individual patient's pathophysiology so that the technique benefits the patient fully and reduces the risk of complications from the patient' disease. This chapter focuses on the pathophysiology of several common systemic diseases frequently encountered by the regional anesthesiologist and discusses the interplay between common regional anesthesia techniques and patient disease. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/17 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3506646 ER -