Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block Archives

The Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Block

Chronic knee pain is common and debilitating. Patients often seek care in the emergency department (ED) setting...
How to Manage Elderly Patient Pain without Opioids

A 77-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with hip pain following a fall. On ED...
How To Perform an Ultrasound-Guided Clavipectoral Block

The clavicle is one of the most commonly fractured bones in the human body. Every year, approximately...

The Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Block

May 10, 2024 - Joseph Stegeman, MD; Carlos Mikell, MD; David Martin, MD; and Arun Nagdev, MD - 0 Comment

Chronic knee pain is common and debilitating. Patients often seek care in the emergency department (ED) setting…

February 13, 2024 - Catherine A. Marco, MD, FACEP - 0 Comment

A 77-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with hip pain following a fall. On ED…

February 11, 2024 - Henry Ashworth, MD; Karen Lind, MD; David Martin, MD; Arun Nagdev, MD - 1 Comment

The clavicle is one of the most commonly fractured bones in the human body. Every year, approximately…

January 6, 2023 - Arun Nagdev, MD; Kaitlen Howell, MD; Akash Desai, MD; David Martin, MD; and Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH - 0 Comment

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks (USGNBs) are gradually becoming an important skill set for the emergency physician and will…

June 15, 2022 - Andrew J Goldsmith, MD, MBA; Joseph Brown, MD; Jeff Herrala, MD; and Arun Nagdev, MD - 0 Comment

Sciatica is radicular pain radiating down the buttocks along the course of the sciatic nerve. It is…

June 17, 2021 - Cody Schultz, MD; Elaine Yang, MD; Jamal Jefferson, MD; Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH; and Arun Nagdev, MD - 0 Comment

Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks are becoming an integral aspect of multimodal pain management in emergency departments. Ultrasound guidance…

August 21, 2020 - Peter E. Croft, MD; and David Mackenzie, MDCM, FACEP, FRCPC - 0 Comment

Injuries or soft tissue infections of the lower extremity are common reasons for patients to seek emergency…

September 24, 2019 - Arun Nagdev, MD; and Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH - 0 Comment

In emergency medicine, the quality of pain management of the acutely injured patient has steadily matured over…

May 17, 2019 - Arun Nagdev, MD, Sally Mahmoud, MD, and Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH - 0 Comment

Over the past few years, emergency physicians have begun implementing multimodal strategies for acute pain, reducing the…

October 16, 2018 - Josh Luftig, PA; Daniel Mantuani, MD; and Arun Nagdev, MD - 2 Comments

Distal radius fractures (commonly called Colles’ or Smith’s fractures) are often encountered in the emergency department, with…