Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access

Department of Anesthesia, Hospital Clínicas Municipal São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Biography

Dr. Eduardo Piccinini Viana is a professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Internal Health, Stanford University, California, USA. 
His study interests major on anesthesia, Pain Management, Health analysis. In recent years, he has studied several studies including Advances in Anesthesia, epidemiology, and aesthetic Technology. Currently, Dr. Eduardo Piccinini Viana is the author/editor/reviewer in several international journals. He published 15 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.

Publications

• Review Article   
  Segmental Spinal Anesthesia: A Systematic Review
  Author(s): Luiz Eduardo Imbelloni*, Jaime Weslei Sakamoto, Eduardo Piccinini Viana, Andre Augusto de Araujo, Davi Pöttker and Marcelo de Araujo Pistarino
  
  The anatomical characteristics between the thoracic and lumbar spine are significantly different. Several MRI studies have demonstrated that there is a greater depth of the posterior subarachnoid space. Despite anatomical data, anesthesiologists are reluctant to consider higher levels for spinal anesthesia largely due to direct threats to spinal cord. Several articles published in the literature have demonstrated the safety of performing thoracic puncture for anesthesia. The puncture can be performed with a single puncture with a cut tip or pencil tip, or with the aid of the combined epidural-spinal block. In thoracic puncture, isobaric or hyperbaric anesthetics can be used, with or without opioids. The use of hyperbaric solutions provides a sensitive block of longer duration than the motor block. Thus, it is an excellent indication for outpatient surgery with low.. View More»
  

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