Infusion Therapy

Alaa Abd-Elsayed completed his MBBCh and MPH at Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt in 2000 and 2006, respectively. He did an internship at Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt and completed a clinical research fellowship in Anesthesiology at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He then moved to the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA for a further internship, residency in anesthesiology and fellowship in pain medicine. Since 2014 he has worked at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI, USA, starting as Assistant Professor/Staff Anesthesiologist and now as Medical Director for the UW Pain Clinic and Director of Pain Services for UW Health.

“It has been thoroughly researched and provides a novel and up-to-date resource for physicians who are expanding their practice to include more intravenous therapies. … used as a rapid access field guide for pain physicians, anesthesiologists, neurologists, and intensivists alike. It would make a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any pain clinician and thoroughly succeeds in its aim to provide the reader with a practical guide to current thinking in parenteral pain therapies.” (Emma M. Casely and Helen C. Laycock, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 130 (6), June, 2020)

• Lidocaine infusion.- Ketamine infusion.- Propofol infusion.- Magnesium infusion.- Opioids infusion.- Vitamin infusions.- DHE infusion.- Bisphosphonates infusion.- Phentolamine infusion.- Dexmedotimidine infusion.- Clonidine infusion.- Benzodiazepines infusion.- Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusion.-Decadron infusion.- Depacon infusion.- IV Hydration.