Anesthesia And Uncommon Diseases

Your awareness of uncommon diseases and possible complications is vital to successful anesthetic patient management. Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases, 6th Edition, brings you up to date with new information on less commonly seen diseases and conditions, including the latest evidence and management guidelines. This unique medical reference book is essential for a complete understanding of today’s best options and potential difficulties in anesthesia. Improve your ability to successfully manage every patient, including those with rare diseases or conditions. Avoid complications with unique coverage of an important aspect of anesthetic management. Stay current with all-new chapters on adult congenital heart disease, rheumatic diseases, and the cancer patient, plus many more revisions throughout. Get outstanding visual guidance with hundreds of illustrations, now in full color.

Now with new coverage of pediatric topics and fully revised chapters, most by new contributors, this new edition provides the latest knowledge and techniques. Includes a new, more user-friendly page layout with algorithms, shaded boxes, and "Most Common" lists.

A unique text focusing on unusual conditions and their relation to anesthesiology. The 4th Edition has been updated and completely reorganized. New features of this edition include a user-friendly presentation, with chapters arranged according to anatomic site, patient type, and systemic disorder. The book also contains over 200 entirely new illustrations. Organizes material into 3 distinct sections-- by organ system, by type of patient, and by mulit-system disease/problems. Includes an outline at the beginning of each chapter. Presents the pathopyciology of the disease first, followed by the anesthetic management. Two new chapters--Uncommon Problems Related to Cancer and Uncommon Poisonings and Intoxications. Up-to-date and rewritten coverage throught, as well as many new contributors. New illustrations for critical considerations.

A fully updated third edition for medical providers focused on the anesthetic management of pregnant women with rare medical conditions.

The clinical practice of anesthesia has undergone many advances in the past few years, making this the perfect time for a new state-of-the-art anesthesia textbook for practitioners and trainees. The goal of this book is to provide a modern, clinically focused textbook giving rapid access to comprehensive, succinct knowledge from experts in the field. All clinical topics of relevance to anesthesiology are organized into 29 sections consisting of more than 180 chapters. The print version contains 166 chapters that cover all of the essential clinical topics, while an additional 17 chapters on subjects of interest to the more advanced practitioner can be freely accessed at www.cambridge.org/vacanti. Newer techniques such as ultrasound nerve blocks, robotic surgery and transesophageal echocardiography are included, and numerous illustrations and tables assist the reader in rapidly assimilating key information. This authoritative text is edited by distinguished Harvard Medical School faculty, with contributors from many of the leading academic anesthesiology departments in the United States and an introduction from Dr S. R. Mallampati. This book is your essential companion when preparing for board review and recertification exams and in your daily clinical practice.