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US-Guided Nerve Targets

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Perioperative Medicine in Pediatric Anesthesia

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Recent refinement of anatomically based ultrasound imaging to facilitate nerve localization has brought pediatric regional anesthesia to new levels improving the quality of anesthetic blockade. Faster onset time, longer duration of blocks, and lower dose of local anesthetic with direct visualization of the dispersion of the local anesthetic within the desired tissue plains are the main benefits when performing ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block in infants and children.

This technology requires knowledge of basic regional anesthesia ultrasound equipment and skill acquisition in identification of the anatomical structures and in needle handling in order to become trained to perform a variety of common peripheral nerve and central neuraxial blocks.

Our goal is to provide the pediatric anesthesiologist with a comprehensive summary of the relevant sonoanatomy, techniques, and outcomes of ultrasound guidance for peripheral nerve blocks of the extremities and trunk as well as neuraxial blocks in pediatric patients based on currently available literature.

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  1. Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Regina Margherita Children Hospital, Turin, Italy

    Giorgio Ivani & Valeria Mossetti

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  1. UCO di Anestesia e Rianimazione, AO-U Policlinico di Catania, Catania, Italy

    Marinella Astuto

  2. MUHC Montreal Children’s Hosp, McGill Un, Department of Anesthesia, Montreal, Canada

    Pablo M Ingelmo

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Ivani, G., Mossetti, V. (2016). US-Guided Nerve Targets. In: Astuto, M., Ingelmo, P. (eds) Perioperative Medicine in Pediatric Anesthesia. Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21960-8_20

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