Paravertebral: The King of Blocks 🤴 (Part 2)

In part 2, Amit and Jeff tackle probe positioning, needle trajectory and something called Pawa's Pleural Groan...Why is the PVB poised to have a renaissance? Should we block one level? Every level? What's the risk of pneumothorax and should this block be done in anti coagulated patients? (spoiler: 2 out of 2 hosts say YES!) Join us for all this and more as we round out this in-depth discussion into one of our FAVE block techniques. Oh, and jokes. Always the jokes.

Link to the Cho study on paravertebral micro-CT anatomy:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33990438/

 

Link to the paper on intermittent bolus vs continuous infusion for PV catheters:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30674696/