The recent advances in the clinical practice of anesthesiology have increased the need for a new state-of-the art anesthesia handbook for practicing anesthesiologists, trainees and students. This practical book provides a modern, clinically focused guide for any clinical question related to anesthesia care, presenting comprehensive, yet succinct knowledge from experts in the field. It describes the best practice in a concise yet easily digestible format and features numerous tables and figures, a bulleted points/outline format, and algorithms allowing for rapid assimilation of key information. New techniques and common procedures are also covered in detail. This up-to-date pocketbook is perfect for quick reference in the operating room, providing rapid access to evidence-based clinical content covering the full breadth of the field, including pediatric, obstetric, cardiac and regional anesthesia sections. In addition to daily clinical practice, the book serves also as a convenient companion for board review and recertification exam preparation.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
ISBN-13
978-1-108-93695-8 (9781108936958)
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Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Alan David Kaye is Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Provost, Pain Fellowship Program Director and Tenure Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neurosciences at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine, the American Board of Anesthesia and American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians and serves as a Board of Director for the latter.
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
Richard D. Urman is a staff anesthesiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts. He currently serves as Associate Chair for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as well as Medical Director of Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Director, Center for Perioperative Research (C.P.R.), and Perioperative Medicine Fellowship Director.
1. Preoperative evaluation and coexisting disease; 2. Airway management; 3. Anesthesia equipment: Clinical considerations; 4. Patient monitoring; 5. Inhalational Anesthetics; 6. Intravenous anesthetics and adjunctive agents; 7. Pharmacology of local Anesthetics; 8. Anesthesia techniques: Mild, moderate, and deep sedation in clinical practice; 9. Anesthesia techniques: General Anesthesia techniques in clinical practice; 10. Postanesthesia care unit; 11a. Regional Anesthesia: Blocks of the upper and lower extremities; 11b. Regional Anesthesia: Chest and abdominal plane blocks; 12. Fluid and electrolyte balance; 13. Blood transfusion components and complications in Anesthesiology; 14. Cardiac Anesthesiology; 15. Vascular Anesthesia; 16. Thoracic Anesthesia; 17. Neuroanesthesia; 18. Renal anesthesiology in clinical practice; 19. Anesthesia for general surgical procedures; 20. Anesthesia for endocrine diseases; 21. Anesthesia for neuromuscular and collagen vascular diseases; 22. Anesthesia for ocular, ear, and throat diseases; 23. Orthopedic Anesthesia; 24. Obstetric and gynecologic Anesthesia; 25. Pediatric Anesthesia; 26. Geriatric Anesthesia; 27. Anesthesia for ambulatory surgical procedures; 28. Chronic pain medicine; 29. Acute pain management; 30. Anesthetic emergencies; 31. Trauma Anesthesia; 32. Perioperative cognitive disorders; 33. Acute pain management in the ICU; 34. Infection control for the Anesthesia provider; 35. Coagulation.
