A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children (6th Edition)

Description

Covering everything from preoperative evaluation to neonatal emergencies to the PACU, A Practice of Anesthesia in Infants and Children, 6th Edition, features state-of-the-art advice on the safe, effective administration of general and regional anesthesia to young patients. It reviews underlying scientific information, addresses preoperative assessment and anesthesia management in detail, and provides guidelines for postoperative care, emergencies, and special procedures. Comprehensive in scope and thoroughly up to date, this 6^th Edition delivers unsurpassed coverage of every key aspect of pediatric anesthesia.

New to this Edition

• Presents must-know information on standards, techniques, and the latest advances in pediatric anesthesia from global experts.
• Provides access to a video library of 70 pediatric anesthesia procedures – 35 are new! Videos include demonstrations on managing the difficult pediatric airway, cardiac assist devices in action, new positioning devices, management of burn injuries, and many demonstrations of ultra-sound guided regional anesthesia blocks and techniques.
• Features extensive revisions of all chapters with many new contributors, and numerous new figures and tables throughout.
• Introduces new drugs such as those used to premedicate children and facilitate emergence from anesthesia, plus an up-to-date discussion of the drug approval process and detailed information on opioid safety for children with obstructive sleep.
• Includes new chapters on pharmacogenomic implications of drugs in children and the anesthetic implications when caring for children with cancer.
• Offers up-to-date information on the management of emergence agitation, sleep-disordered breathing, neonatal and pediatric emergencies, and the obese child and bariatric surgery.
• The Essentials chapters, with extensive input from pediatrician experts, provide the latest information concerning hematology, pulmonology, oncology, hepatology, nephrology, and neurology.
• Contains significant updates on perioperative fluid management, pharmacology, intravenous anesthesia and target controlled infusions, cystic fibrosis, new interventional devices for children with congenital heart defects, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, simulation in pediatric anesthesia, and much more.
• Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Table of Contents

A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children

1. Section 1: Introduction
   1. The Practice of Pediatric Anesthesia
   2. Growth and Development
   3. Perioperative Behavior Stress in Children
   4. Preoperative Evaluation, Premedication, and Induction of Anesthesia
   5. Ethical Issues in Pediatric Anesthesiology
2. Section 2: Drug and Fluid Therapy
   1. Pharmacogenomics
   2. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacology of Drugs Used in Children
   3. Total Intravenous Anesthesia and Target-Controlled Infusion
   4. Fluid Management
   5. Essentials of Hematology
   6. Perioperative Management of the Oncology Patient
   7. Strategies for Blood Product Management and Reducing Transfusions
3. Section 3: The Chest
   1. Essentials of Pulmonology
   2. The Pediatric Airway
   3. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
4. Section 4: The Heart
   1. Essentials of Cardiology
   2. Anesthesia for Children Undergoing Heart Surgery
   3. Cardiac Physiology and Pharmacology
   4. Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Management
   5. Medications for Hemostasis
   6. Mechanical Circulatory Support
   7. Interventional Cardiology
   8. Anesthesia for Non-cardiac Surgery in Children with Congenital Heart Disease
5. Section 5: The Brain and Glands
   1. Essentials of Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
   2. Surgery, Anesthesia, and the Immature Brain
   3. Pediatric Neurosurgical Anesthesia
   4. Essentials of Endocrinology
6. Section 6: The Abdomen
   1. Essentials of Nephrology
   2. General Abdominal and Urologic Surgery
   3. Essentials of Hepatology
   4. Organ Transplantation
7. Section 7: Other Surgeries
   1. Orthopedic and Spine Surgery
   2. Otorhinolaryngologic Procedures
   3. Ophthalmology
   4. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
   5. Burn Injuries
   6. Emergencies
   7. The Extremely Premature Infant (Micropremie) and Neonatal Emergencies
   8. Fetal Intervention and the EXIT Procedure
   9. Trauma
   10. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
   11. Malignant Hyperthermia
   12. Pain
   13. Regional Anesthesia
   14. Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
   15. Acute Pain
   16. Chronic Pain
   17. Special Topics
   18. Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room
   19. The Postanesthesia Care Unit and Beyond
   20. Sedation for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures Outside the Operating Room
   21. Procedures for Vascular Access
   22. Infectious Disease Considerations for the Operating Room
   23. Pediatric Anesthesia in Developing Countries
   24. Pediatric Equipment
   25. Simulation

Key Features

• Includes a laminated pocket reference guide inside – also available as an expanded online version (“Pedi Anesth” from the Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland, NZ).
• Features key references at the end of each chapter that provide a quick summary for review.

Author Biography

Charles J. Cote, MD, Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Director of Clinical Research, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia, MassGeneral Hospital for Children; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;

Jerrold Lerman, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

Brian Anderson, Professor, Anaesthesiology, University of Auckland; Paediatric Anaesthetist and Intensivist, Paediatic Intensive Care Unit, Auckland Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand