Full Description
This book offers an essential guide to managing the most-debated hot topics of practical interest in anesthesia and intensive care. It reviews the state of the art in issues concerning both intensive care medicine and anesthesia.
Written by leading experts and including updated references, it provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow update on anesthesia and intensive care. The book clearly explains complex topics, offering practicing clinicians valuable insights into the latest recommendations and evidence in the field while, at the same time, making it a vital resource for students new to the fields of anesthesia and intensive care.
Contents
Part I. Anesthesia.- TIVA and TCA in modern anaesthesia.- Normothermia in Anaesthesia: What Impact on Quality and Safety of Care.- Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery: update 2022.- Safety in the operating room.- The patient blood management.- Monitoring of sedation and sleep in intensive care unit.- Anaesthesia in robotic surgery.- Pre-anesthesia evaluation and risk assessment in adult patients candidate for non-cardiac surgery.- Part II. Critical Care Medicine.- Purification techniques.- Sepsis from SARS-COV2 infection (COVID-19): Pathophysiology and clinic of SARS-COV2 infection and sepsis.- Nutrition therapy in critically ill patients.- Patient ventilator interaction in the patient with ARDS.- End of life in intensive care.- Point of care ultra-sound (POCUS) in pediatric age: update.- Prehospital and early intrahospital management of trauma.
