Finucane: Principles of Airway Management 4th Edition






By the time this edition is published, close to 23 years will have passed since Principles of Airway Management was first published. Several books on the topic of airway management have been published. A vast array of airway devices have been invented and the number of publications on airway-related topics has increased exponentially.

When this book first published, the intended audience was medical students. The scope of the book have been since expanded to provide a reference for a much broader readership. This book should now appeal to any physician or non-physician who has a primary interest in airway management.

What is so special about this edition? A number of changes have been made, many of which were based on the critiques of the previous edition. Most of the illustrations in this edition have been redrawn and are in color. Two new chapters have also been added, making this edition more comprehensive. This edition will also be presented in both hard and soft cover. Last, but not the least, Ban Tsui MD have been recruited, a known expert in pediatric airway management, to join as a new coauthor and share with us his knowledge of the airway.

This edition represents the most up-to-date information on this rapidly advancing discipline.


Key Features
  • Step-by-step guidance on airway management.
  • More than 400 illustrations, tables, and boxes – many now in color!
  • New chapter on innovations in airway equipment.
  • New chapter on extubation strategies.
  • Major update on the pediatric airway.
  • The latest on equipment, techniques, surgical approaches, and the Laryngeal Mask Airway.
  • Comprehensive coverage of complications.
  • Well referenced, with suggestions for additional reading.
  • Thorough coverage of applied anatomy.


Contents 
  • Chapter 1: Anatomy of the Airway
  • Chapter 2: Evaluation of the Airway
  • Chapter 3: Basic Emergency Airway Management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Chapter 4: Basic Equipment for Airway Management
  • Chapter 5: The Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA™) and Other Extraglottic (Supraglottic) Airway Devices
  • Chapter 6: Advanced Airway Devices
  • Chapter 7: Indications and Preparation of the Patient for Intubation
  • Chapter 8: Techniques of Intubation
  • Chapter 9: The Difficult Airway
  • Chapter 10: Pediatric Airway Management
  • Chapter 11: Fiberoptically Guided Airway Management Techniques
  • Chapter 12: Surgical Options in Airway Management
  • Chapter 13: Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Care
  • Chapter 14: Extubation Strategies: The Extubation Algorithm
  • Chapter 15: Complications of Airway Management
  • Index


About the Authors
  • Brendan T. Finucane, MBBCh, FRCPC, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta; Director of Anesthesia Services Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Staff Anesthesiologist Leduc Community Hospital, Leduc, Alberta, Canada.
  • Ban C.H. Tsui, Dip Eng, BSc(Math), B Pharm, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service, Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 766 pages 
  • Publisher: Springer; 4th edition (2011) 
  • Language: English 
  • ISBN-10: 0387095578 
  • ISBN-13: 978-0387095578 
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches 
List Price: $89.95 
 
 

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