No longer merely a subspecialty, pediatric anesthesia is now a professional entity in its own right, as is amply demonstrated in this comprehensive addition to the medical and surgical literature.
Pediatric Anesthesia: Basic Principles—State of the Art—Future contains the contributions of 220 international experts from all five continents. This is the only textbook of its kind that has such a strong international representation of the very best authorities in the field.
This textbook will help anesthesiologists already interested in pediatric anesthesia to the knowledge and skills inherent to the safe practice of anesthesia for infants and children.
Key Features
- Most extensive source of information on pediatric anesthesia in the medical and surgical literature.
- Organized into six sections:
- (1) Developmental Considerations;
- (2) Pharmacology;
- (3) Anesthesia Management and Techniques:
- (4) Special Monitoring and Resuscitation Techniques;
- (5) Anesthetic, Surgical, and Interventional Procedures: Considerations;
- (6) Specific Considerations
Contents
PART I: DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
- CHAPTER 1. Prenatal Normal and Abnormal Development
- CHAPTER 2. General Growth and Tissue Development Throughout Childhood
- CHAPTER 3. Anesthesia and the Developing Brain, by Laszlo Vutskits
- CHAPTER 4. Nociception and Pain Perceptionin Infants and Children
- CHAPTER 5. Central Nervous System: Neurotransmitters and Anesthesia
- CHAPTER 6. Central Nervous System: Anatomy and Physiology
- CHAPTER 7. Normal and Abnormal Developmentof the Heart and the Circulation
- CHAPTER 8. Airway Development
- CHAPTER 9. Respiratory Physiology
- CHAPTER 10. Renal Function, Acid-Base, and Electrolyte Homeostasis
- CHAPTER 11. Digestive System, Metabolic Functions, and Nutrition
- CHAPTER 12. Endocrine System
- CHAPTER 13. Principles of Hematopoiesis, Immunity, and Coagulation
- CHAPTER 14. Temperature Regulation: Physiology and Pharmacology
- CHAPTER 15. Development and Evaluation of Pain and the Stress Response
- CHAPTER 16. Chronic and Recurrent Pain in the Pediatric Patient
PART II: PHARMACOLOGY
- CHAPTER 17. An Introduction to the Intricacies of Pharmacology in Pediatrics
- CHAPTER 18. Using Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamic Models to Prevent Adverse Events in Neonates, Infants, and Children
- CHAPTER 19. Mechanisms of Action of General Anesthetics
- CHAPTER 20. Nitrous Oxide
- CHAPTER 21. Volatile Anesthetics
- CHAPTER 22. Xenon and Anesthesia: Pharmacology
- CHAPTER 23. Intravenous Agents
- CHAPTER 24. Ketamine
- CHAPTER 25. Opioid Analgesic Agents
- CHAPTER 26. Non-Opioid Analgesic Agents
- CHAPTER 27. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Children
- CHAPTER 28. Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics
- CHAPTER 29. Adjuvants to Local Anesthetics
- CHAPTER 30. Pharmacology of Premedication and Sedative Agents in Children
- CHAPTER 31. Pharmacology of Vagal Blockers and Antagonist Agents
- CHAPTER 32. Anticoagulants
- CHAPTER 33. Pharmacology of Vasopressive Agents
- CHAPTER 34. Antiemetic Agents
- CHAPTER 35. Resuscitation Agents
PART III: ANESTHESIA MANAGEMENT AND TECHNIQUES
- CHAPTER 36. Preoperative Evaluation, Laboratory Testing, and Preparation for Anesthesia and Surgery
- CHAPTER 37. Premedication, Sedation, and Preoperative Fasting
- CHAPTER 38. Anesthesia Equipment
- CHAPTER 39. Induction of Anesthesia
- CHAPTER 40. Maintenance of Anesthesia: Inhalational Agents
- CHAPTER 41. Maintenance of Anesthesia: Total Intravenous Anesthesia
- CHAPTER 42. Modern Modes of Ventilation in the Operating Room
- CHAPTER 43. Which Endotracheal Tube in Neonates, Infants, and Small Children?
- CHAPTER 44. Regional Anesthesia: Principles of Localization Using Manual Approaches
- CHAPTER 45. Regional Anesthesia: Principles of Localization Using Electrical Stimulation
- CHAPTER 46. Regional Anesthesia: Principles of Localization Using Ultrasound Techniques
About the Author
- Bruno Bissonnette, MD Department of Anesthesia Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 2245 pages
- Publisher: Pmph usa; 1 edition (September 30, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1607950936
- ISBN-13: 978-1607950936
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
List Price: $379.00