RT Book, Section
A1 Toledano, Roulhac D.
A1 Van de Velde, Marc
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 1141733230
T1 Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia
T2 Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071717595
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141733230
RD 2024/04/18
AB Clinical  indications  for  epidural  anesthesia  and  analgesia  have  expanded  significantly  over  the  past  several  decades.*  Epidural  analgesia  is  often  used  to  supplement  general  anesthesia  (GA)  for  surgical  procedures  in  patients  of  all  ages  with  moderate-to-severe  comorbid  disease;  provide  analgesia  in  the  intraoperative,  postoperative,  peripartum,  and  end-of-life  settings;  and  can  be  used  as  the  primary  anesthetic  for  surgeries  from  the  mediastinum  to  the  lower  extremities.  In  addition,  epidural  techniques  are  used  increasingly  for  diagnostic  procedures,  acute  pain  therapy,  and  management  of  chronic  pain.  Epidural  blockade  may  also  reduce  the  surgical  stress  response,  the  risk  of  cancer  recurrence,  the  incidence  of  perioperative  thromboembolic  events,  and,  possibly,  the  morbidity  and  mortality  associated  with  major  surgery.