A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
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Provide optimal anesthetic care to your young patients with A Practice of Anesthesia in Infants and Children, 5th Edition, by Drs. Charles J. Cote, Jerrold Lerman, and Brian J. Anderson. 110 experts representing 10 different countries on 6 continents bring you complete coverage of the safe, effective administration of general and regional anesthesia to infants and children - covering standard techniques as well as the very latest advances.
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A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
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- Find authoritative answers on everything from preoperative evaluation through neonatal emergencies to the PACU.
- Get a free laminated pocket reference guide inside the book!
- Quickly review underlying scientific concepts and benefit from expert information on preoperative assessment and anesthesia management, postoperative care, emergencies, and special procedures.
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- Stay on the cutting edge of management of emergence agitation, sleep-disordered breathing and postoperative vomiting; the use of new devices such as cuffed endotracheal tubes and new airway devices; and much more.
- Familiarize yourself with the full range of available new drugs, including those used for premedication and emergence from anesthesia.
- Benefit from numerous new figures and tables that facilitate easier retention of the material; new insights from neonatologists and neonatal pharmacologists; quick summaries of each chapter; and more than 1,000 illustrations that clarify key concepts.
- Access the entire text online, fully searchable, at www.expertconsult.com, plus an extensive video library covering simulation, pediatric airway management, burn injuries, ultra-sound guided regional anesthesia, and much more; and new online-only sections, tables and figures.
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Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Practice of Pediatric Anesthesia
Chapter 2: Growth and Development
Chapter 3: Perioperative Behavior Stress in Children
Chapter 4: Preoperative Evaluation, Premedication, and Induction of Anesthesia
Chapter 5: Ethical Issues in Pediatric Anesthesiology
Section II: Drug and Fluid Therapy
Chapter 6: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacology of Drugs Used in Children
Chapter 7: Total Intravenous Anesthesia and Target-Controlled Infusion
Chapter 8: Fluid Management
Chapter 9: Essentials of Hematology
Chapter 10: Strategies for Blood Product Management and Reducing Transfusions
Section III: The Chest
Chapter 11: Essentials of Pulmonology
Chapter 12: The Pediatric Airway
Chapter 13: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
Section IV: The Heart
Chapter 14: Essentials of Cardiology
Chapter 15: Anesthesia for Children Undergoing Heart Surgery
Chapter 16: Cardiac Physiology and Pharmacology
Chapter 17: Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Management
Chapter 18: Medications for Hemostasis
Chapter 19: Mechanical Circulatory Support
Chapter 20: Interventional Cardiology
Chapter 21: Anesthesia for Non-cardiac Surgery in Children with Congenital Heart Disease
Section V: The Brain and Glands
Chapter 22: Essentials of Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
Chapter 23: Surgery, Anesthesia, and the Immature Brain
Chapter 24: Pediatric Neurosurgical Anesthesia
Chapter 25: Essentials of Endocrinology
Section VI: The Abdomen
Chapter 26: Essentials of Nephrology
Chapter 27: General Abdominal and Urologic Surgery
Chapter 28: Essentials of Hepatology
Chapter 29: Organ Transplantation
Section VII: Other Surgeries
Chapter 30: Orthopedic and Spine Surgery
Chapter 31: Otorhinolaryngologic Procedures
Chapter 32: Ophthalmology
Chapter 33: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chapter 34: Burn Injuries
Section VIII: Emergencies
Chapter 35: The Extremely Premature Infant (Micropremie)
Chapter 36: Neonatal Emergencies
Chapter 37: Fetal Intervention and the EXIT Procedure
Chapter 38: Trauma
Chapter 39: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Chapter 40: Malignant Hyperthermia
Section IX: Pain
Chapter 41: Regional Anesthesia
Chapter 42: Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
Chapter 43: Acute Pain
Chapter 44: Chronic Pain
Section X: Special Topics
Chapter 45: Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room
Chapter 46: The Postanesthesia Care Unit and Beyond
Chapter 47: Sedation for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures Outside the Operating Room
Chapter 48: Procedures for Vascular Access
Chapter 49: Infectious Disease Considerations for the Operating Room
Chapter 50: Pediatric Anesthesia in Developing Countries
Chapter 51: Pediatric Equipment
Chapter 52: Medicolegal Issues
Chapter 53: Simulation in Pediatric Anesthesia