A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children Covering everything from preoperative evaluation to neonatal emergencies to the PACU, Coté, Lerman and Anderson’s A Practice of Anesthesia in Infants and Children, 7th Edition, features state-of-the-art advice on the safe, effective administration of general and regional anesthesia and sedation strategies for young patients. This text reviews underlying scientific information, addresses preoperative assessment and anesthesia management in detail, and provides guidelines for postoperative care, emergencies, and special procedures. Comprehensive in scope and thoroughly up to date, this edition delivers unsurpassed coverage of every key aspect of pediatric anesthesia.

• Presents must-know information on standards, techniques, and the latest advances in pediatric anesthesia from global experts in the field.
• Contains thoroughly updated content throughout, with new contributors to lend a fresh perspective, updated figures and tables, and the latest information on perioperative fluid management, pharmacology, interventional devices, resuscitation, and more.
• Covers key topics such as anesthetizing children with cancer, neonatal and pediatric emergencies, the obese child and bariatric surgery, interventional devices for children with congenital heart defects, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, simulation in pediatric anesthesia, patient safety and quality assurance, and more.
• Features an extensive video library of pediatric anesthesia procedures, particularly difficult airway management strategies, new positioning devices, cardiac assist devices in action, management of burn injuries, how to perform ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia blocks and techniques, and much more.
• Essentials chapters provide focused input from expert subspecialty pediatricians who share the latest information concerning hematology, pulmonology, oncology, hepatology, nephrology, and neurology.
• Includes a laminated pocket reference guide with essential, practical information, and key references at the end of each chapter that provide a quick summary for review.

Review

Stay up to date with all aspects of general and regional anesthesia for young patients

Contents

۱. Growth and development۲. Preoperative evaluation, premedication, and induction of anesthesia۳. Ethical issues in pediatric anesthesiology۴. Pharmacogenomics۵. Pharmacology of drugs used in children۶. Total intravenous anesthesia and target-controlled infusion۷. Fluid management۸. Essentials of hematology۹. Perioperative management of the oncology patient۱۰. Strategies for blood product management, reducing transfusions, and massive blood transfusion۱۱. Essentials of pulmonology۱۲. The pediatric airway۱۳. Anesthesia for thoracic surgery۱۴. Essentials of cardiology۱۵. Anesthesia for children undergoing heart surgery۱۶. Cardiac physiology and pharmacology۱۷. Cardiopulmonary bypass and management۱۸. Medications for hemostasis۱۹. Mechanical circulatory support۲۰. Interventional cardiology۲۱. Anesthesia for noncardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease۲۲. Essentials of neurology and neuromuscular disorders۲۳. Surgery, anesthesia, and the immature brain۲۴. Pediatric neurosurgical anesthesia۲۵. Essentials of endocrinology۲۶. Essentials of nephrology۲۷. General abdominal and urologic surgery۲۸. Essentials of hepatology۲۹. Organ transplantation۳۰. Orthopedic and spine surgery۳۱. Otorhinolaryngologic procedures۳۲. Ophthalmologic surgery۳۳. Plastic and reconstructive surgery۳۴. Burn injuries۳۵. The extremely premature infant (micropremie) and common neonatal emergencies۳۶. Fetal intervention and the exit procedure۳۷. Trauma and mass casualties۳۸. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation۳۹. Malignant hyperthermia۴۰. Regional anesthesia۴۱. Acute pain۴۲. Chronic pain۴۳. Anesthesia outside the operating room۴۴. Sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures outside the operating room۴۵. The post anesthesia care unit and beyond۴۶. Procedures for vascular access۴۷. Infectious disease considerations for the operating room۴۸. Pediatric anesthesia in developing countries۴۹. Pediatric equipment and monitoring۵۰. Simulation in pediatric anesthesia

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