TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Abdelaty Elkhamy AU - Jehan Ali Elkholy , AU - Safinaz Hassan Osman , AU - Sahar Mohamed Mostafa Alshal , TI - Regional anesthesia and analgesia in critically ill patients / PY - 2014/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Abdelaty Elkhamy , KW - Atls KW - Critically KW - LCU N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anaesthesia; Issued also as CD N2 - However, its benefits in the non surgical setting have been less well studied. Regional anesthesia is an appealing modality for critically ill patients, providing focused and sustained pain control with beneficial systemic effect profiles. Indications for regional anesthesia in this patient group are not limited to surgical and postsurgical analgesia but expand to the management of trauma-related issues, medical conditions, and painful procedures at the bedside. Patients in the critical care unit present special challenges to the regional anesthesiologist, including coagulopathies, infections, immunocompromised states, sedation- and ventilation-associated problems, and factors potentially increasing the risk for systemic toxicity UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -