Complications of Regional Anaesthesia

The curriculum asks for: 'the ability to recognise and manage adverse effects and complications of... regional anaesthesia'

If one only has time to read a single page from this section then wrong-sided block is probably the best bet, as it has previously been an SAQ in 2017 and 2019.

• Wrong-sided block
• Failed block
• Nerve injury
• Epidural abscess and other infective complications
• Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity (from the Clinical Incidents section)
• High central neuraxial block (from the Clinical Incidents section)
• PDPH (from the Obstetric Anaesthesia section)