NEURAL BLOCKADE IN CLINICAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS -- FOREWORD TO THE FOURTH EDITION -- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE HISTORY OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA -- PART I PHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY -- NEURAL PHYSIOLOGY AND LOCAL ANESTHETIC ACTION -- PROPERTIES, ABSORPTION, AND DISPOSITION OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENTS -- CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS -- LOCAL ANESTHETIC SYSTEMIC TOXICITY -- MODIFICATION OF METABOLIC RESPONSES TO SURGERY BY NEURAL BLOCKADE -- NEURAL BLOCKADE: IMPACT ON OUTCOME -- PART II TECHNIQUES OF NEURAL BLOCKADE IN CLINICAL ANESTHESIA -- PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS AND EQUIPMENT SELECTION FOR NEURAL BLOCKADE -- SECTION A NEURAXIAL BLOCKADE -- ANATOMY OF THE NEURAXIS -- SPINAL (SUBARACHNOID) BLOCKADE -- EPIDURAL NEURAL BLOCKADE -- NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF NEURAXIAL BLOCK -- SECTION B PERIPHERAL BLOCK -- THE UPPER EXTREMITY: SOMATIC BLOCK -- THE LOWER EXTREMITY: SOMATIC BLOCKADE -- INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL NEURAL BLOCKADE -- SECTION C THORAX AND ABDOMEN -- INTERCOSTAL, INTRAPLEURAL, AND PERIPHERAL BLOCKADE OF THE THORAX AND ABDOMEN -- SECTION D HEAD AND NECK -- SOMATIC BLOCKADE OF THE HEAD AND NECK -- NEURAL BLOCKADE OF ORAL AND CIRCUMORAL STRUCTURES -- NEURAL BLOCKADE OF THE EYE -- NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF PERIPHERAL NEURAL BLOCKADE -- PART III APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL BLOCKADE IN CLINICAL ANESTHESIA -- NEURAL BLOCKADE FOR SURGERY TO THE HEAD AND NECK -- NEURAL BLOCKADE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY -- NEURAL BLOCKADE FOR ABDOMINAL AND THORACIC (NON-VASCULAR) SURGERY -- NEURAL BLOCKADE FOR OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY -- NEURAL BLOCKADE FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY -- NEURAL BLOCKADE FOR AMBULATORY SURGERY -- NEURAL BLOCKADE FOR PEDIATRIC SURGERY -- PART IV NEURAL BLOCKADE AND THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN.

SECTION A PHYSIOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGY, AND BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS -- PAIN MEDICINE: HISTORY, EMERGENCE AS A MEDICAL SPECIALTY, AND EVOLUTION OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH -- SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS IN CHRONIC PAIN AND ITS MANAGEMENT -- DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF NOCICEPTION -- INTRODUCTION TO PAIN MECHANISMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEURAL BLOCKADE -- PHYSIOLOGIC AND PHARMACOLOGIC SUBSTRATES OF NOCICEPTION AFTER TISSUE AND NERVE INJURY -- PHARMACOLOGIC SUBSTRATES OF PAIN: PERIPHERAL VOLTAGE GATED ION CHANNELS IN PAIN -- NEUROCHEMICAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF NEEDLE INSERTION: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PAIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEURAL BLOCKADE -- THE PLACEBO RESPONSE: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEURAL BLOCKADE -- SECTION B CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSISTENT PAIN -- ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC PAIN CONDITIONS -- DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC NEURAL BLOCKADE -- SECTION C TECHNIQUES OF NEURAL BLOCKADE AND NEUROSTIMULATION -- SYMPATHETIC NEURAL BLOCKADE OF UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITY -- SPINAL ROUTE OF ANALGESIA: OPIOIDS AND FUTURE OPTIONS FOR SPINAL ANALGESIC CHEMOTHERAPY -- NEUROSTIMULATION -- PERCUTANEOUS NEURAL DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES -- SECTION D APPLICATIONS, COMPLICATIONS, AND THE FUTURE -- ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT AND ACUTE PAIN SERVICES -- SPINAL PAIN AND THE ROLE OF NEURAL BLOCKADE -- TREATMENT OF CANCER PAIN: ROLE OF NEURAL BLOCKADE AND NEUROMODULATION -- COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME, INCLUDING APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL BLOCKADE -- THE TREATMENT OF PAIN IN NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS -- THE TREATMENT OF PAIN IN OLDER PATIENTS -- PALLIATIVE CARE AND PAIN CONTROL IN OLDER PERSONS AND THOSE WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS -- COMPLICATIONS IN PAIN MEDICINE -- NEW HORIZONS -- INDEX.