| Description |
x, 786 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia / Mary Kraft and Richard A. Wiklund -- 2. Specific Considerations with Cardiac Disease / James G. Cain -- 3. Specific Considerations with Pulmonary Disease / Kevin C. Dennehy and Kenneth E. Shepherd -- 4. Specific Considerations with Renal Disease / Adam Sapirstein -- 5. Specific Considerations with Liver Disease / Robert Peloquin and Michael T. Bailin -- 6. Specific Considerations with Endocrine Disease / Robert A. Peterfreund and Stephanie L. Lee -- 7. Infectious Diseases and Infection Control in Anesthesia / Judith Hellman -- 8. Safety in Anesthesia / Jeffrey B. Cooper -- 9. The Anesthesia Machine / Jane C. Ballantyne -- 10. Monitoring / John L. Walsh and Barry M. Stowe -- 11. Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics / Mark Dershwitz -- 12. Neuromuscular Blockade / Jason A. Campagna and Peter F. Dunn -- 13. Airway Evaluation and Management / Harish Lecamwasam and Peter F. Dunn -- 14. Administration of General Anesthesia / Stuart A. Forman -- 15. Local Anesthetics / Tania Haddad and Jeannie Min -- 16. Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia / Shobana Chandrasekhar and May C. M. Pian-Smith -- 17. Regional Anesthesia / James B. Mayfield and Margaret Gargarian -- 18. Intraanesthetic Problems / Keith H. Baker and Douglas E. Raines -- 19. Perioperative Hemodynamic Control / Vilma E. Ortiz and Robert R. Morgan, Jr. -- 20. Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery / Jean Kwo and John J. A. Marota -- 21. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery / Paul H. Alfille -- 22. Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery / Edward Bittner and Peter F. Dunn -- 23. Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery / Scott C. Streckenbach and Derrick B. Willsey -- 24. Anesthesia for Neurosurgery / Wolfgang Steudel and Michele Szabo -- 25. Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery / Avine Lydon and Martin Andrew Acquadro -- 26. Anesthesia for the Elderly and for Urologic Surgery / Harvey C. Shew and William Kimball -- 27. Anesthesia for Surgical Emergencies in the Neonate / Jesse D. Roberts, Jr., Jonathan H. Cronin and Maria M. Zestos -- 28. Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery / Susan A. Vassallo -- 29. Anesthesia for Obstetrics and Gynecology / Jeannie Min and Tania Haddad -- 30. Ambulatory Anesthesia / James B. Mayfield -- 31. Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room / William E. Hurford and Susan A. Vassallo -- 32. Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns / Christopher Carter and Keith H. Baker -- 33. Transfusion Therapy / Rae M. Allain -- 34. The Postanesthesia Care Unit / Edward E. George and Luca M. Bigatello -- 35. Perioperative Respiratory Failure / Edward E. George and Luca M. Bigatello -- 36. Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation / Richard M. Pino -- 37. Pain / Joshua Bloomstone and David Borsook -- 38. Complementary and Alternative Medicine / Margaret Gargarian and P. Grace Harrell -- 39. Ethical and End-of-Life Issues / William E. Hurford and Rae M. Allain -- App. I. Supplementary Drug Information -- App. II. Normal Laboratory Values for Blood |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Anesthesiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Intraoperative Care -- methods.
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Anesthetics -- administration & dosage.
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Anesthesia -- methods.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbook.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Hurford, William E.
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Massachusetts General Hospital. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care.
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| LC no. |
2002066094 |
| ISBN |
0781737184 alkaline paper |
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