Your Guide to Paediatric Anaesthesia
Published on 16. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-07-100022-2 (ISBN)
Description
Be just as confident managing children as adults!The first of its kind, this book provides practitioners and students with the practical clinical skills and techniques to master paediatric anaesthesia. Be just as confident managing children as adults! This book will give you the knowledge and practical information you need to get the most out of your precious paediatric training time. This book is written in a readable and practical style and provides practitioners and students with the practical clinical skills and techniques to care for children.
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Persons
Craig Sims MBBS, FANZCA Paediatric Anaesthetist, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA
Chris Johnson MBBS, FANZCA Director, Surgical Services, Paediatric Anaesthetist, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA
Chris Johnson MBBS, FANZCA Director, Surgical Services, Paediatric Anaesthetist, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA
Content
1. An overview of paediatric anaesthesia 2. Pharmacology of anaesthetic agents in children 3. Behavioural management of children 4. Airway management 5. Fluid management 6. Equipment and monitoring 7. Resuscitation and emergency drugs 8. Acute pain management 9. Regional anaesthesia 10. Respiratory illnesses and their influence on anaesthesia 11. Chronic diseases of childhood 12. Congenital syndromes & conditions 13. Neonatal anaesthesia 14. Anaesthesia for paediatric general surgery 15. Anaesthesia for ENT surgery 16. Bronchoscopy & removal of foreign bodies from the trachea 17. Anaesthesia for dental procedures 18. Orthopaedic surgery 19. Congenital heart disease 20. Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery 21. Anaesthesia for plastic surgery 22. Paediatric neuroanaesthesia 23. Anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery 24. Anaesthesia for urological surgery 25. Trauma and burns 26. Malignancy and treatment of malignancies 27. Procedural sedation: anaesthesia & sedation of children away from the OR28. Vascular access 29. The child at risk-child protection and the anaesthetist 30. Paediatric intensive care31. Glossary of syndromes and diseases