Anesthesia and the brain : clinical, functional, metabolic, and vascular correlates

Author(s)

• Michenfelder, John D.

Bibliographic Information

Anesthesia and the brain : clinical, functional, metabolic, and vascular correlates

John D. Michenfelder

Churchill Livingstone, 1988

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book documents the available and relevant information on the effects of anaesthetics on the brain. It reviews the functional, metabolic and vascular effects of anaesthetics and examines basic concepts such as the awake, hypothermic and anaesthetized brain. The bulk of the text examines inhalational and intravenous anaesthetics and other drugs. Remaining chapters discuss assessing and protecting the brain.

Table of Contents

• Basic concepts - the awake brain, the hypothermic brain, the anaesthetized brain
• inhalational anaesthetics - nitrous oxide, halothane, enflurane and isoflurane
• intravenous anaesthetics - barbiturates, narcotics, non-barbiturate induction agents
• other drugs - local anaesthetics, muscle relaxants, miscellaneous drugs
• clinical conundrums - assessing the brain, protecting the brain, anesthetizing the brain
• lagniappe - seizures, serendipity, science, and sham.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA05133504
• ISBN:
  • 0443086281
• LCCN: 88023789
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 215 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RD82
  • DC19 : 615/.781
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Anesthetics -- Physiological effect
  • LCSH : Brain -- Effect of drugs on
  • MESH : Anesthetics -- pharmacology
  • MESH : Brain -- drug effects