Peripheral nerve blocks for the lower extremity

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Abstract

Certain steps must be taken before offering a peripheral nerve block to a patient: Surgeon and primary anesthesia care team aware and in agreement. Patient meets all criteria for surgery and anesthesia: NPO, cardiopulmonary -status, etc. Patient evaluation is complete: laboratory values, EKG, and CXR. Paperwork is completed: patient identification, surgical consent, and laterality.Contraindications to block are not present: coagulopathy, refusal (see later section).Patient consents to block: risks, benefits, and options explained.

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Wilson, S., & Uskova, A. (2012). Peripheral nerve blocks for the lower extremity. In Essentials of Regional Anesthesia (pp. 385–406). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1013-3_14

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