| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 742 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Anatomy of the airway -- Evaluation of the airway -- Basic emergency airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- Basic equipment for airway management -- The laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and other extraglottic (supraglottic) airway devices -- Advanced airway devices -- Indications and preparation of the patient for intubation -- Techniques of intubation -- The difficult airway -- Pediatric airway management -- Fiberoptically guided airway management techniques -- Surgical options in airway management -- Mechanical ventilation and respiratory care -- Extubation strategies: the extubation algorithm -- Complications of airway management |
| Summary |
Principles of Airway Management, 4th Edition, reviews the essential aspects of airway management: anatomy, equipment, intubation, fiberoptic endoscopy, surgical approaches, intubating LMA (lightwand), pediatric airway, CPR, and mechanical ventilation. The book features well-balanced discussions of the complexities and difficult issues associated with airway management; excellent organization that ensures the material can be learned and applied to various situations; the latest equipment and techniques; summary boxes which highlight the most important points of each chapter; and more than 400 i |
| Analysis |
geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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anesthesie |
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anaesthesia |
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intensive care |
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noodgevallen |
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emergencies |
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pijn |
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pain |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Airway (Medicine)
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Trachea -- Intubation.
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Respiratory intensive care.
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Airway Obstruction -- therapy
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Intubation, Intratracheal
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Respiratory.
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MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
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Médecine.
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Airway (Medicine)
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Respiratory intensive care
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Trachea -- Intubation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tsui, Ban Chi-Ho, 1963-
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Santora, Albert H., 1952-
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| LC no. |
2011499054 |
| ISBN |
9780387095585 |
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0387095586 |
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