RAEducation http://www.raeducation.com Regional Anesthesia Education...and Discussion Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ultrasound Imaging for Regional Anesthesia in Infants, Children… from Anesthesiology http://www.raeducation.com/2010/04/ultrasound-imaging-for-regional-anesthesia-in-infants-children-from-anesthesiology/ http://www.raeducation.com/2010/04/ultrasound-imaging-for-regional-anesthesia-in-infants-children-from-anesthesiology/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:21:26 +0000 BlueNeedle http://www.raeducation.com/?p=1204 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Who in regional anesthesia wouldn’t look forward to an article by Tsui and Suresh?  The images in this manuscript are fantastic.

Ultrasound Imaging for Regional Anesthesia in Infants, Child… : Anesthesiology.

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2010/04/ultrasound-imaging-for-regional-anesthesia-in-infants-children-from-anesthesiology/feed/ 0 What do you do when your block appears permanent? http://www.raeducation.com/2010/03/what-do-you-do-when-your-block-appears-permanent/ http://www.raeducation.com/2010/03/what-do-you-do-when-your-block-appears-permanent/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:00:25 +0000 BlueNeedle http://www.raeducation.com/?p=1200 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Alain Borgeat presents a fantastic case discussion reviewing the management of a continuous interscalene block which appears to last a bit longer than usual. Dr. Borgeat deserves notable credit for also reviewing the psychosocial effects resulting from such situations. This should be required reading for all trainees before they are allowed to pick up a needle.

Case Scenario: Neurologic Complication after Continuous Inte… : Anesthesiology.

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2010/03/what-do-you-do-when-your-block-appears-permanent/feed/ 7 Epidural Catheter Disconnects http://www.raeducation.com/2010/02/epidural-catheter-disconnects/ http://www.raeducation.com/2010/02/epidural-catheter-disconnects/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:47:39 +0000 BlueNeedle http://www.raeducation.com/2010/02/epidural-catheter-disconnects/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A 74 year-old female with borderline renal function and a history of spinal stenosis has an epidural catheter in place. She is post-op day 2 from a colon surgery for cancer.

This morning, she was diagnosed with a PE, and was given 1mg/kg of enoxaparin. Six hours after the lovenox, the nurse calls the acute pain service. Apparently the epidural catheter has become disconnected in the last 3 hours (the disconnect was unwitnessed). The tips were found lying on the bed near the patient’s urinal.

How would you manage this situation?

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2010/02/epidural-catheter-disconnects/feed/ 10 Welcome to RAEducation! http://www.raeducation.com/2010/02/welcome-to-raeducation/ http://www.raeducation.com/2010/02/welcome-to-raeducation/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:25:13 +0000 admin http://www.raeducation.com/?p=1138 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> RAEducation has been rebuilt. We’ll continue to offer the same content just as before, but now updated to reflect progress in the art of regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns! We hope you enjoy the material listed above.

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2010/02/welcome-to-raeducation/feed/ 2 TAP Block Review by NYSORA http://www.raeducation.com/2009/12/tap-block-review-by-nysora/ http://www.raeducation.com/2009/12/tap-block-review-by-nysora/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:57:17 +0000 admin http://www.anest.ufl.edu/gator-rap/?p=971 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A very nice review of the TAP block from NYSORA. Excellent diagrams demonstrating the anatomy. The article is also well researched, especially the portion pertaining to noted complications in the literature.

NYSORA – The New York School of Regional Anesthesia – TAP BLOCK – TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK.

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2009/12/tap-block-review-by-nysora/feed/ 4 Rivals Take Aim at the Software Company SAS – NYTimes.com http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/rivals-take-aim-at-the-software-company-sas-nytimes-com/ http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/rivals-take-aim-at-the-software-company-sas-nytimes-com/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:20:32 +0000 admin http://www.anest.ufl.edu/gator-rap/?p=952 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> As healthcare attempts to bring electronic records into mainstream clinical care, users at all levels should keep this budding competition in mind.

Rivals Take Aim at the Software Company SAS – NYTimes.com.

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/rivals-take-aim-at-the-software-company-sas-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Outcome Reporting in Industry-Sponsored Trials of Gabapentin… http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/nejm-outcome-reporting-in-industry-sponsored-trials-of-gabapentin-for-off-label-use/ http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/nejm-outcome-reporting-in-industry-sponsored-trials-of-gabapentin-for-off-label-use/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:40:13 +0000 admin http://www.anest.ufl.edu/gator-rap/?p=948 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Worth reading. With all of the relatively recent literature on gabapentin for acute pain, we should remember this bit of history. NEJM — Outcome Reporting in Industry-Sponsored Trials of Gabapentin for Off-Label Use.

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/nejm-outcome-reporting-in-industry-sponsored-trials-of-gabapentin-for-off-label-use/feed/ 0 Vital Signs – Pain Often Lasts Long After Breast Cancer Surgery, Study Finds – NYTimes.com http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/vital-signs-pain-often-lasts-long-after-breast-cancer-surgery-study-finds-nytimes-com/ http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/vital-signs-pain-often-lasts-long-after-breast-cancer-surgery-study-finds-nytimes-com/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:33:18 +0000 admin http://www.anest.ufl.edu/gator-rap/?p=946 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> From the home page of the New York Times. A quick read on a topic of great importance for breast cancer survivors.   Vital Signs – Pain Often Lasts Long After Breast Cancer Surgery, Study Finds – NYTimes.com.

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2009/11/vital-signs-pain-often-lasts-long-after-breast-cancer-surgery-study-finds-nytimes-com/feed/ 4 ROARing about Complications http://www.raeducation.com/2009/10/roaring-about-complications/ http://www.raeducation.com/2009/10/roaring-about-complications/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:58 +0000 admin http://www.anest.ufl.edu/gator-rap/?p=942 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> How do we report complications stemming from the administration and management of regional anesthetics?  Once reported, how should we categorize them? What about advanced decision-support to guide local practices?

Recently, Buckenmaier et al have recently published a superb system for cataloguing complications from regional anesthesia. In this series, they reported an overall morbidity rate of 9.5% and mortality rate of 0.08%.

The story doesn’t end there. Head on over to http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122593797/HTMLSTART for a nice review.

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]]> http://www.raeducation.com/2009/10/roaring-about-complications/feed/ 0 Gabapentin and Ketamine for TAH. http://www.raeducation.com/2009/10/gabapentin-and-ketamine-for-tah/ http://www.raeducation.com/2009/10/gabapentin-and-ketamine-for-tah/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:12:00 +0000 admin http://www.anest.ufl.edu/gator-rap/?p=933 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Ok, that’s a lot of gabapentin, at least compared to our use. Ketamine dosing a bit on the low end as the authors point out.  However, no difference in sedation post-operatively!. Also, minimal differences in opioid side-effect profile despite decreased opioid consumption. Wished they would have had a fourth group combining ketamine and gabapentin.

via A&A via Ovid.

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