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Clinical anesthesia

edited by Paul G. Barash, Bruce F. Cullen, Robert K. Stoelting ; with 98 contributors

Lippincott, c1992

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Intended for both training and practising anaesthesiologists and anaesthetists, this book provides a comprehensive references to the principles and practice of modern anaesthesiology. Revised and updated, chapters new to this edition cover such topics as neurophysiology and neuroanaesthesia, the management of acute postoperative pain, fluids and electrolytes, quality assurance, and cancer therapy and its anaesthetic implications, anaesthesia in remote locations, and transplantation.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction to anaesthesia practice: anaesthesia as a specialty - past, present & future, Rod K. Calvery and Mark Scheller
  • contemporary anaesthesia practice and quality assurance, John H. Eichhorn
  • research design and statistics, Nathan Leon Pace
  • hazards of working in the operating room, Arnold J. Berry and Jonathan D. Katz
  • medicolegal aspects of anaesthetic practice, Donald A. Kroll and Frederick W. Cheney. Part 2 Basic principles of anaesthesia practice: mechanisms of general anaesthesia, James J. Richter
  • physics applied to anaesthesia, Steven J. Barker and Kevin K. Tremper
  • electrical safety, Jan Ehrenwerth
  • fluids and electrolytes, Gary P. Zaloga and Donald S. Prough
  • acid-base balance, Howard Smith and Philip D. Lumb
  • hemostasis and hemotherapy, Norig Ellison
  • parental nutrition, B. Skeie, et al. Part 3 Basic principles of pharmacology in anaesthesia practice: basic principles of clinical pharmacology, Robert J. Hudson
  • autonomic nervous system physiology and pharmacology, Noel W. Lawson
  • nonopioid intravenous anaesthetic, Robert J. Fragen and Michael J. Avram
  • opioids, Michael R. Murphy
  • inhalation anaesthesia, Wendell C. Steven and Harry G.G. Kingston
  • biochemical and toxicological aspects of the volatile anaesthetics, Max T. Baker and Russell A. Van Dyke
  • muscle relaxants, David R. Bevan and Francois Donati
  • local anaesthetics, Randall C. Carpenter and David C. Mackey. Part 4 Preparing for anaesthesia: evaluation of the patient and preoperative preparation, C. Phillip Lawson, Jr
  • rare and coexisting diseases, Stephen F. Dierdorf
  • pharmacogenetics, Henry Rosenberg, et al
  • preoperative medication, John R. Moyers
  • anaesthesia systems, J. Jeff Andres
  • management of the airway, Linda C. Stehling
  • patient positioning, John T. Martin
  • monitoring the anaesthetized patient, Hugh C. Gilbert and Jeffrey S. Vender
  • electrocardiography, James R. Zaidan. Part 5 Management of anaesthesia: epidural and spinal anaesthesia, Benjamin G. Covino and Donald H. Lambert
  • peripheral nerve blockade, Michael F. Mulroy
  • neurophysiology and neuroanaesthesia, Audree A. Bendo, et al
  • respiratory function and anaesthesia, M. Christine Stock and Ronald A. Harrison
  • anaesthesia for thoracic surgery, James B. Eisenkraft, et al
  • cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, Carol L. Lake
  • anaesthesia for cardiac surgery, Doreen L. Wray, et al
  • anaesthesia for vascular surgery, Michael F. Roizen and John E. Ellis
  • anaesthesia and the eye, Kathryn E. McGoldrick. part contents.

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