Regional Anaesthesia: A Guide to Clinical Exams

This book provides a broad clinical guide to regional anaesthesia for readers undertaking oral examinations such as the EDRA (part 2) or those seeking a general overview of this growing area of practice. The book begins with anatomy basics and an emphasis on surface landmarks along with coverage of various nerve blocks, ultrasound guided landmarks and identification of the pertinent structures.

Regional Anaesthesia – A Practical Guide to Clinical Exams includes clinical cases for regional or general anaesthesia with the benefits and complications discussed for either modality of anaesthesia. The cases provide an overview of many aspects of peripheral and central nerve blocks with a diverse population of clinical groups including the elderly, paediatric and obstetric patients. The book concludes with discussion around identification of complications, initial management and long-term management for both peripheral nerve blocks and central neuraxial blocks.

Sioned Phillips received her medical degree from Guy’s, Kings and St Thomas’ Medical School in 2005. She has completed the MRCP, MCEM, FRCA and European Diploma of Regional Anaesthesia qualifications and is a member of the Academy of Medical Educators. Sioned undertook a research fellowship in obstetric anaesthesia at University College Hospital London and a Fellowship in Regional Anaesthesia at Frimley Park Hospital. She is an instructor for the Managing Medical and Obstetric Emergencies in Trauma and Advanced Life Support courses. Sioned is a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in obstetric and regional anaesthesia.

 

Dr Arunangshu Chakraborty (MBBS, MD) graduated from Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College Kolkata, obtained postgraduate qualification in anaesthesiology from Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad and undertook clinical fellowship at National University Hospital, Singapore. He is a consultant anaesthesiologist at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, Muscat, Oman. His areas of interest include regional anaesthesia, onco-anaesthesia and medical ultrasound. He has authored several articles in prominent peer-reviewed international journals (with over 500 citations), book chapters and edited textbooks of regional anaesthesia (Blockmate- A practical guide to ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia, SpringerNature 2021), point of care ultrasound (A practical guide to point of care ultrasound- POCUS, SpringerNature 2022) and Prehabilitation for Cancer Surgery (SpringerNature 2022). He is associate editor and reviewer of several peer-reviewed medical journals related to anaesthesiology.

Dr Nishkarsh Gupta (MBBS, MD, DNB, PGCCHM, MNAMS, Fellowship Palliative medicine, Fellowship Onco-Anaesthesia and Fellowship in research methodology) is working as Professor in the Department of Onco-anesthesiology and Palliative Medicine at DRBRAIRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He has been a keen researcher with more than 300 publications to his name. He has written 40 book chapters. He has been the pioneer in the field of difficult airway in head and neck oncology cases and has described new techniques for airway management in these patients. He has received many awards, including the Best researcher award by ISA and the Best reviewer award by IJA. He has been an invited faculty for more than 100 conferences. He has conducted many airway workshops across India. Dr Gupta is the founder secretary of the Society of Research and Education in Onco-Anesthesiology and Palliative Medicine. He is also a national executive committee member of IAPC, SOAPC, and RSACP. He is on the editorial board of several journals. He is the editor of many books, including the South Asian adaptation of two of the most widely popular books in anesthesia: Clinical Anesthesia by Barash and Understanding Anesthesia Equipment by Dorsch & Dorsch.

Dr Anju Gupta MBBS, MD, DNB, PGCCHM, IDRA, MNAMS, EDRA is working as an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. She completed her MD from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, and has been faculty at various national and international platforms. She is an avid researcher and has more than 250 publications in reputed national and international journals and over 40 book chapters to her credit. She has won ‘Best reviewer award’ by ISA and ‘MK Dey award’ by ICA and several other prestigious awards nationally and internationally. She is the associate editor of JMCR and Airway, International journal of regional anesthesia, Frontier Pediatrics and is the assistant editor of JOACP and is on the editorial board of several journals. She is the international executive committee member at ESRA. She is national executive committee member of IAPA and AORA and founder secretary (ex) of Neonatal Anesthesia Society. She is the Indian representative in ESRA international committee. She is the editor of the South Asian adaptation of two of the most widely popular books in anesthesia Clinical Anesthesia by Barash and Understanding Anesthesia Equipment by Dorsch & Dorsch and also an editor for ‘Airway Manual’ book and ‘Procedures in Anaesthesia’ by Springer publisher. She was listed as the ‘female innovator and leader 2023’ by WFSA.