-
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Dec 2015
ReviewContinuous peripheral nerve blocks in the ambulatory setting: an update of the published evidence.
- Anthony T Machi and Brian M Ilfeld.
- aDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas bDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
- Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2015 Dec 1; 28 (6): 648-55.
Purpose Of ReviewTo review the evidence recently published involving the use of continuous peripheral nerve blocks (cPNBs) in the ambulatory setting.Recent FindingsNew evidence exists involving the risks and benefits of cPNB in ambulatory patient populations such as pediatric ambulatory and postmastectomy patients. In addition, new related equipment is now available to facilitate ambulatory cPNB.SummaryRecent advancements in equipment for cPNB facilitate the usage in the ambulatory setting. Research-supported ambulatory cPNB indications have expanded to include pediatric subpopulations and major breast surgery, while further evidence mounts for its efficacy in patient populations with previously demonstrated benefits, such as foot, ankle and shoulder surgery.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..