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Cameron - thank you for your comment, I receive it humbly. I agree that this data is elusive for the same reason that an absolute safe platelet count has not been defined. I will elaborate on my potentially controversial practice which is used by some ...

What guidelines are people using to calculate the max dose of a non-bupivacaine local anesthetic like Ropivacaine? Example...you did a peripheral nerve block with ropivacaine preop and surgeon plans to inject Exparel at a different site intraoperatively. ...

Can you explain how you use TEG data to help with these decisions? To the best of my understanding there isn't any data correlating TEG or ROTEM data to the risk of neuraxial bleeding. ------------------------------ Cameron Smith, MD, PhD Division of ...

I realize it depends on where the incisions are as to what level you block but for some of the robotic cases are people offering ESP blocks for these procedures? Since it's a newer block just trying to get a sense which cases it's worth pushing for, ...