Yearbook of Anesthesiology - 9

Yearbook of Anesthesiology - 9 is an up-to-date guide to the latest advances in anaesthesiology practice.

Comprising 25 chapters covering all three specialties associated with anaesthesiology ? regional and general anaesthesia, pain, and intensive care - this book presents the most recent information in the field, in a concise and highly illustrated format.

The book covers the complete field from techniques and post-surgical recovery, to pharmacology, non-technical skills and medicolegal issues.

This new volume features chapters on anaesthetic issues in the management of elderly or paediatric patients; the status of platelet rich plasma in chronic pain conditions and degenerative diseases; and double lumen endotracheal tubes and gas embolism.

The final chapter of the book - Journal Scan ? covers recent articles published in respected journals, accompanied by reviews and interpretations by experts in the field.

Key points

• Up-to-date guide to latest advances in anaesthesiology
• In depth coverage of all three sub-specialties ? regional and general anaesthesia, pain, and intensive care
• Features new topics including management of elderly or paediatric patients; the status of platelet rich plasma in chronic pain conditions and degenerative diseases; and double lumen endotracheal tubes and gas embolism
• Includes recent journal articles with reviews and interpretations by experts in the field

1. Errors in Medicine: A Perioperative Perspective
2. Perioperative Care of the Frail Elderly: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
3. Pregnancy-induced Hypertension: An Update
4. Sugammadex and Beyond
5. Issues and Management of Obese Parturient
6. Postoperative Delirium: A Bane of Daycare Surgery
7. Gas Embolism: An Update
8. Nutrition in the Intensive Care Unit
9. Smartphones in Anesthesia: Game Changers or Mere Distractions?
10. Health Hazards for an Anesthesiologist: A Myth or Reality?
11. Effect of Anesthesia on the Developing Brain:A Review of Recent Evidence
12. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
13. Intraoperative Thermoregulation
14. Platelet-rich Plasma for Management of Chronic Pain and Degenerative Conditions: A Critical Review of Evidence
15. Postoperative Myocardial Injury: Causes and Management
16. Management of Hyperglycemia in the Perioperative Period
17. Challenges and Issues in Daycare Arthroplasty
18. Anesthesia for Neurovascular Procedures
19. High-flow Nasal Oxygenation: A Fad?
20. Double-lumen Endotracheal Tubes: From History to Present and the Future
21. High-altitude Pulmonary Edema
22. Infection Prevention in the Operating Room
23. Regional Blocks for Shoulder Surgery: Sparing the Phrenic Nerve
24. Current Status of Methylene Blue in Anesthesia and Intensive Care
25. Journal Scan

Raminder Sehgal MD DA FICA
Former Director Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; Former Senior Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

Anjan Trikha MD FICA
Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India