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Most patients admitted to the ICU need analgesia.There are many causes of pain in the ICU, and the critically ill patients are a heterogeneous group. Inadequate pain control can have deleterious effects on several organ systems in these patients. Multimodal analgesic techniques have been demonstrated to be the most effective pain management strategy to improve outcomes. Regional analgesia can play a role in a multimodal approach to pain management in critically ill patients. Ultrasound guidance improves the success rate of distal nerve blocks. Ultrasonographic imaging of the epidural space may prove useful to complete the prepuncture examination of the epidural space for central neuraxial blocks. Regional anesthesia/analgesia has increased in popularity and may be done with improved ease and safety with the introduction of ultrasound techniques.
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Secchi, S., Valoriani, J., Cecconi, P. (2019). US-Guided Regional Analgesia in the ICU. In: Sarti, A., Lorini, F. (eds) Textbook of Echocardiography for Intensivists and Emergency Physicians. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99891-6_60
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