Objective: The objective of this review is to analyze and describe the use of regional
analgesia in the critically ill. Data Source: A Medline search from 1966 to 2004 using the …

Medical and surgical treatment of the trauma patient has evolved in the last decade.
Treatment of pain from multiple fractures or injured organs and surgical anesthesia with …

Background and Objectives: Two distinctly different approaches to interscalene catheter
placement have been in common use for close to a decade. This prospective randomized …

BACKGROUND: The posterior interscalene block has been described as an alternative to
the lateral interscalene block. However, this technique has not gained popularity because of …

This review explains the different approaches to the brachial plexus (posterior cervical,
interscalene, supra-and infraclavicular, and axillary) and their advantages and …

Cervical plexus anesthesia was developed early in the 20th century with two main
approaches being used. In 1912, Kappis described a posterior approach to the cervical and …

Intensive care specialists play increasingly greater role in the prevention and treatment of
physiologic and psychological stress in critically ill patients in order to prevent detrimental …

Systematic literature review of the regional anaesthetic techniques used for analgesia
following shoulder surgery concluded continuous interscalene block as the most effective …

Methods The study was submitted and approved by the Ethics Research Committee
(Number 05787/2014) and all patients were explained the method and obtained their …

The use of continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNB) was first described by Ansbro in
1946. 1 The only local anesthetic available to him, procaine, was short-acting: unfortunately …