Abstract
Peripheral Nerve Blockade
Highlights
Ultrasound guidance has emerged as the “gold standard” in regional anesthesia or it is very close to it! In spite of all visual clues though, ultrasound guidance is incapable of preventing nerve injury or inadvertent intravascular injection; the usual precautions apply
Formal structured training is of paramount importance for the safe practice of regional anesthesia
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Joint Committee guidelines for training in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia were produced in response to the “dramatic” increase in the use of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block (PNB) in recent years
Summary
Ultrasound guidance has emerged as the “gold standard” in regional anesthesia or it is very close to it! In spite of all visual clues though, ultrasound guidance is incapable of preventing nerve injury or inadvertent intravascular injection; the usual precautions apply. An increasing number of anesthesiologists perform peripheral nerve block (PNB) techniques in their daily clinical practice making the current special issue both timely and practical. Ultrasound guidance has emerged as the “gold standard” in regional anesthesia or it is very close to it! Current trends in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia point towards local anesthetic volume reductions.
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