Complications in Anesthesiology from: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 6 used from $134.30 24 Thirdparty New from $135.20 Edition: 3 Media: Hardcover EAN: 9780781782630 ISBN: 0781782635 Number Of Pages: 1136 Publication Date: 2007-09-01 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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This comprehensive, problem-based textbook discusses the full range of complications in anesthesiology. Major sections cover intraoperative and postoperative complications affecting each organ system--respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic, ophthalmologic, renal, hematologic and hemostatic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, obstetric, immunologic and infectious, and disorders of temperature regulation. Coverage includes problems that are rarely mentioned in older textbooks, such as ischemic optic neuropathy and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Chapters address complications associated with specific equipment and techniques, with adverse drug interactions, and with herbal remedies and over-the-counter medications. Also included are chapters on medicolegal issues and risks to the anesthesiologist.
Product Description: This 2nd edition focuses on the preprocedural, procedural, and postprocedural care of the moderately sedated patient. It is designed for any clinician involved in the administration of moderate sedation and written by a clinician involved in the practice on a daily basis. The primary focus of this new edition is to provide all the content and tools necessary to demonstrate competency in moderate sedation/analgesia.
Includes a greater focus on the core competencies necessary for clinical practice.
Concept Checks are integrated throughout to help the learner assess the mastering of the content presented.
Includes the recommended standards of practice from the ANA, AORN, American Academy of Pediatrics, and JCAHO's Sample Policies & Procedures.
Contains sample clinical competencies for moderate sedation so the book can be used as a study guide and measurement tool.
Incorporates throughout important information on the specific moderate sedation parameters of the pediatric and geriatric patients addressing preprocedural assessment, physiologic variations, pharmacologic considerations and sedative techniques.
Includes a comprehensive pharmacologic profile of each medication used in the moderate sedation practice setting.
Follows a recommended core curriculum' format, but each idea and concept are discussed in detail.
Increased integration of actual Clinical Scenarios facilitates the application of content knowledge and utilization of critical thinking skills.
Integration of herbal preparations and their impact on pre-sedation care.
An extensive, in-depth look at public health and preventive medicine topics from experts in the field
This trusted one-stop resource is a completely up-to-date, all-in-one public health and preventive medicine guide. Sponsored by the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine and edited and written by well-respected authorities in the range of topics covered, Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine is also an outstanding guide to additional resources of information in preparing for the board exam in preventative medicine and public health.
The new edition of Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine has been completely updated to encompass many new diseases, conditions, and policy issues that continue to dramatically shape-and expand the influence of-public health and preventive medicine.
New to this Edition:
Important coverage of new diseases, conditions, and policy issues, including critical lessons learned from the SARS epidemic, the most recent perspectives on monkey pox, plus an increased emphasis on West Nile Virus
Restructured infectious and communicable disease section that reflects the emergence of many emerging and recrudescent conditions
Greater focus on existing web-based resources for further reading
New information on community-based participatory research
Timely new chapter on bioterrorism and preparedness
Additional insights on the amelioration of disease-producing lifestyles
Research-enhancing lists and catalogs based on federal and other public access databases that are relevant to public health and prevention
More streamlined coverage of chemical exposures and diseases overall
Essentials of the public health service delivery infrastructure
Product Description: This concise, accessible introduction to the essentials of anesthesia is suitable for medical students and junior doctors as well as operating room staff. After describing the evaluation of the patient, the different approaches to anesthesia, and the postoperative care of the patient in pain, it introduces the essentials of physiology and pharmacology, and, finally, presents a step-by-step description of clinical cases, ranging from the simplest to the most complex.
Book Description: This is a concise, accessible introduction to the essentials of anesthesia, suitable for medical students, junior doctors and all operating theatre staff. The first section of the book describes the evaluation of the patient, the different approaches to anaesthesia, and the postoperative care of the patient in pain. The next section introduces the essentials of physiology and pharmacology. The final section presents a step by step description of clinical cases, ranging from the simplest to the most complex.
Benumof's Airway Management by: Carin A. Hagberg 14 used from $89.95 20 Thirdparty New from $131.98 Edition: 2 Media: Hardcover EAN: 9780323022330 ISBN: 0323022332 Number Of Pages: 1344 Publication Date: 2007-01-16 Publisher: Mosby
Product Description: Airway Management is one of the fundamental fields of knowledge that every resident, anesthesiologist and Nurse Anesthetist must master to successfully manage surgical patients. The new edition of this highly successful text has a new editor and increased coverage of pre- and post-intubation techniques to help you do just that.. Fully illustrated and tightly focused, this unique text is the only volume of its kind completely dedicated to airway management. Complete with the latest ASA guidelines, no other volume does what Benumof's Airway Management does. This is the definitive reference on airway management and it belongs on your shelf.
Offers a how-to approach to airway management.
Includes case examples and analysis.
Highly illustrated format provides clarity on complex procedures.
A new editor and 50% new contributors bring you the latest research and practice guidelines.
Over two hundred new illustrations highlight complex procedures and monitoring techniques with greater clarity.
The latest ASA Guidelines make you aware of exactly what procedures are required in difficult cases.
Increased complete coverage of pre- and post-intubation techniques takes you from equipment selection through management of complications.
Pain Management Secrets by: Ronald Kanner 7 used from $22.95 17 Thirdparty New from $34.00 Edition: 2 Media: Paperback EAN: 9781560534259 ISBN: 1560534257 Number Of Pages: 317 Publication Date: 2007-10-01 Publisher: Hanley & Belfus
Product Description: The new edition of this popular volume updates and expands the first edition. The content is organized by classification, mechanisms, clinical approach, syndromes defined by pain, syndromes in which pain is a component, and management by all current modalities and specialties. New chapters include High-Tech Intervention, Pain Management in the Terminally Ill Patient, and the Difficult Patient. Perfect for exam preparation, and a valuable clinical reference.
Highly successful volume in first edition
Concise answers that include the author's pearls, tips, memory aids
Bulleted lists, tables, and illustrations for quick review
Chapters written by experts their fields
Thorough, highly detailed index
Great for review for Pain Management Board Exams
New chapters to this edition are Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Interventional Pain Management, and Addiction and Pain Management
All chapters have been significantly revised and update and many new questions have been added
Written by more than 100 internationally recognized experts, this volume is the first definitive and comprehensive text/reference on intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. It features 1,000 full-color echocardiograms and covers every aspect of intraoperative TEE, from physics and "knobology," to specific studies of cardiac valves and arteries, to the use of TEE in cardiac and noncardiac surgeries. Major sections cover principles of echocardiography, intraoperative examination, critical care, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, thoracic aortic disease, congestive heart failure, interventional cardiovascular medicine, and noncardiac surgery. The text focuses on uses of TEE in surgical decision-making--preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative--and includes specific clinical recommendations.
Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook by: Sanjay Datta 11 used from $39.81 28 Thirdparty New from $39.76 Edition: 4th Media: Paperback EAN: 9780387260754 ISBN: 0387260757 Number Of Pages: 409 Publication Date: 2006-08-30 Publisher: Springer
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As the field of obstetric anesthesia continues to change rapidly, both in technique and in specific pharmaceutical agents used, it is essential for all practitioners caring for the pregnant patient to be familiar with current anesthetic protocols and general concepts in obstetric anesthesia. The Handbook appeals to a wide audience, as it was written with the practicing anesthesiologists in mind, as well as nurse anesthetists, obstetricians, housestaff, and residents. The Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook supplies expert advice on every facet of anesthesia for childbirth and related obstetric procedures. The text is authoritative, succinct, and highly practical. It is accompanied by over 100 illustrations and tables making the text a convenient reference to the busy practitioner. The Handbook is also a natural companion to the recently published, Anesthetic and Obstetric Management of High-Risk Pregnancy, also by Dr. Datta.
Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Practice from: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 3 used from $140.72 25 Thirdparty New from $140.73 Edition: 3 Media: Hardcover EAN: 9780781768153 ISBN: 0781768152 Number Of Pages: 816 Publication Date: 2007-09-01 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Established as the standard reference on cardiopulmonary bypass, Dr. Gravlee's text is now in its Third Edition. This comprehensive, multidisciplinary text covers all aspects of cardiopulmonary bypass including sections on equipment, physiology and pathology, hematologic aspects, and clinical applications. This edition features a new section on cardiopulmonary bypass in neonates, infants, and children and a new chapter on circulatory support for minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Other highlights include state-of-the-art information on low-volume circuits and other new equipment and discussions of outcomes data for on-pump and off-pump surgeries.
Nunn's Applied Respiratory Physiology by: Andrew Lumb 5 used from $151.30 24 Thirdparty New from $131.20 Edition: 6 Media: Hardcover EAN: 9780750687911 ISBN: 0750687916 Number Of Pages: 520 Publication Date: 2005-09-02 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Product Description: Here's the definitive text on the principles and applications of respiratory physiology-back in a fully revised and updated New Edition! Readers will find crucial management guidance on all the conditions they see in practice with its comprehensive, clinically oriented descriptions of lung function in health, disease, and altered conditions and environments. Anesthesia and Analgesia called the previous edition "an easily digestible compendium of basic physiological principles" and a "'born again' classic."
Describes respiration in health and disease and in normal and abnormal situations, to help readers manage all conditions they see in their practices.
Examines the respiratory effects of exercise, sleep, smoking, anaesthesia, drowning, anaemia, pregnancy, and other events as well as environmental factors such as altitude, flying, high pressure, closed environments, and air pollution on respiration.
Maintains the clarity of style and single-author approach of previous editions through the close collaboration of Andrew Lumb and John Nunn.
Makes difficult concepts easy to understand and apply with nearly 300 illustrations.
A new chapter on Drugs and the Lung (Ch. 23), which discusses drug actions and the mechanism of action for commonly used respiratory drugs, and a new chapter on the History of Respiratory Physiology (Ch. 13).
More coverage of pathophysiology and even more applications of respiratory physiology to clinical practice.
A more consistent organization, a revised page design that aids readability, and an art program featuring new and newly redrawn illustrations.