PAINFUL DEFINITIONS
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REGIONAL:
LOWER EXTREMITY
INTERVENTIONAL
THE ANATOMY OF PAIN
100
This type of pain has many etiologies and manifestations which can be categorized as peripheral, central, and mixed according to the site of initial injury. Post-thoracotomy syndrome, traumatic spinal cord injury, syringomyelia, postherpetic neuralgia, and arachnoiditis are all examples of this type of pain.
What is neuropathic pain?
100
This symptom may be a direct complication of a femoral nerve block, but is also frequently a result of knee surgery
What is persistant quadriceps weakness?
100
Often caused by wearing tight pants, compression of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve can cause this condition
What is meralgia paresthetica?
100
The order of the five structures through which my needle passes before contacting the epidural space when performing an interlaminar epidural corticosteroid injection
What are the skin, subcutaneous tissue/fat/muscle, super-spinuous ligament, inter-spinous ligament, ligamentum flavum
100
This sympathetic ganglion often lies in close proximity to the vertebral artery
What is the stellate ganglion?
200
This term describes abnormal nonpainful sensations that may be spontaneous or evoked
What is paresthesia?
200
This is the most frequent complication of a continuous nerve catheter
What is local inflammation?
200
Compression of these nerve roots causes a classic "foot drop"
What is L5 and S1?
200
Negative predictive factors of positive outcome for patients prior to this interventional procedure are: axial pain primarily, unemployment due to pain, previous back surgery, and smoking history
What is epidural corticosteroid injection?
200
What is the correct order of structures (cephalad to caudad) in the intercostal space?
What is Vein, Artery, and Nerve?
300
Pain caused by a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain
What is allodynia?
300
The current recommended treatment for systemic bupivacaine toxicity
What is intralipid?
300
A patient is placed in this position for a classic posterior approach to a sciatic nerve block
What is Sims position?
300
This interventional procedure can be a helpful treatment approach for painful or progressive vertebral compression fractures. Contraindications to this approach include all of the following: sepsis, pregnancy, and contrast allergy
What is kyphoplasty?
300
The spinal level where the Artery of Adamkiewicz most frequently arises
What is T9-T12?
400
Increased pain to a normally noxious stimulus
What is hyperalgesia?
400
Of the brachial plexus blocks performed above the shoulder, this one carries the lowest risk of pneumothorax
What is infra-clavicular nerve block?
400
Lithotomy postion with candy cane stirrups places this nerve at risk for a compression injury
What is the superficial peroneal (fibular)?
400
What is the most common complication of a celiac plexus block?
What is hypotension?
400
Level where the Stellate ganglion is most commonly blocked
What is C6?
500
Single factor that differentiates Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 from 2.
What is identifiable nerve damage?
500
These side effects are the reason that brachial plexus blocks are not performed bilaterally
What are diaphragmatic and recurrent laryngeal nerve blockade?
500
This nerve runs alongside and is often blocked with the sciatic, and also originates from the sacral plexus
What is the posterior femoral cutaneous?
500
Spinal cord stimulators are most effective in treating this type of pain
What is lumbar radicular pain?
500
This sympathetic plexus mediates pain for the descending colon and pelvic organs
What is the superior hypogastric plexus?
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