Full Description
Yearbook of Anesthesiology-6 is an up-to-date guide to the latest advances in anaesthesiology practice.
Comprising 24 chapters covering all three specialties associated with anaesthesiology - anaesthesia, pain and intensive care - this book presents the most recent information in the field, in a concise and highly illustrated format.
The book covers the complete field from techniques and post surgical recovery, to pharmacology, non technical skills and medicolegal issues. Neurological complications and the management of patients with specific associated disorders (maxillofacial or brain trauma, anaphylaxis etc), are discussed in depth.
A complete chapter is dedicated to biomarkers in anaesthesiology and the final section of the book - Journal Scan - presents commentary by experts on a selection of articles published in respected journals in the past year.
Key Points
Presents latest advances in the field of anaesthesiology
In depth coverage of the three subspecialty areas within the field
Discusses all aspects from techniques and recovery, to pharmacology and medicolegal issues
Includes Journal Scan providing expert commentary on recent journal articles
Contents
Immune Modulating Diet in Critically Ill: Myth or Reality
Medicolegal Issues in Anesthesia
Regional Anesthesia in Children
Pain in Children: Assessment and Management Strategies
Severity of Illness Scoring Systems and Their Clinical Relevance
Transdermal Drug Delivery
Peripheral Opioid Receptors
Dexmedetomidine: Perioperative Applications and Limitations
Pheochromocytoma: Current Concepts and Management of Laparoscopic Excision
Perioperative Anaphylaxis
Effect of Anesthesia on Perioperative Immunity
Nontechnical Skills for the Healthcare Provider: Bringing about Changes in Outlook, Protocols and Policies
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Pharmacokinetics in Obstetric Patients
Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia
Anesthetic Management of Faciomaxillary Trauma
Critical Care in Head Injured Patients
Mechanical Ventilation: Tidal Volume, PEEP and Recruitment
Palliative and Hospice Care: Need of the Hour to Improve Quality and Quantity of Life
Perioperative Neurological Complications
Update on Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery
To Use or Not to Use
Biomarkers in Anesthesiology
Journal Scan
Index
