Understanding Paediatric Anaesthesia 2 E

This book presents a simple, concise yet comprehensive text that takes into account the challenges faced in the practice of paediatric anaesthesia. The aim is to help the practicing clinician and the anaesthesiology postgraduate student understand the art of paediatric anaesthesia and make its practice less daunting and safe.

This is a simple yet comprehensive text that presents a practical approach to the challenges faced while anesthetising children. With its contemporary approach and lucid presentation, this book helps to understand and excel in the art and intricacies of administering safe paediatric anaesthesia. It should be of immense help to the young postgraduate students of anaesthesia as well as the practicing paediatric anaesthetists.

This book has been textured with the purpose to expand and update the advances that have been made in the field of Anaesthesiology, since the publication of first edition. This volume of Fundamentals of Paediatric Anaesthesia intends to provide a concise source of information regarding anaesthetic management of paediatric patients for students of anaesthesiology.

Part of the World Clinics: Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain - Pediatric Anesthesia series, this book presents evidence-based reviews on topics in paediatric anaesthesia, to provide practitioners and trainees with an up to date understanding of the subject. Beginning with articles on anaesthesia used for different surgical procedures, the following sections discuss challenges in anaesthesia for thoracic surgery in infants and perioperative care for neonatal emergencies. Further topics include perioperative complications of anaesthesia in children, neurotoxicity of anaesthesia on the developing brain, and ethical issues. Each article is supplemented by editors’ comments highlighting their own personal, clinical experience. Key points Part of the World Clinics: Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain – Pediatric Anesthesia series Presents evidence-based reviews of latest advances and thinking in the field Each article supplemented by editors’ comments based on clinical experience

Written and edited by renowned experts in pediatric anesthesia, Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children provides clear, concise guidance on effective perioperative care for any type of pediatric surgery. The 10th Edition contains significantly revised content throughout, bringing you fully up to date with recent advances in clinical and basic science that have led to changes in today’s clinical practice. Offers comprehensive coverage of physiology, pharmacology, and clinical anesthetic management of infants and children of all ages. Contains new chapters on Airway Physiology and Development, Normal and Difficult Airway Management, Ultrasound, Acute Pain Management, Chronic Pain Management, Palliative Pain Management, Infectious Diseases, and Education; plus extensively revised content on cardiovascular physiology; induction, maintenance, and recovery; organ transplantation, and more. Features more than 100 video demonstrations, including regional anesthesia videos, echocardiograms of congenital heart lesions, anatomic dissections of various congenital heart specimens with audio explanations, various pediatric surgical operative procedures, airway management, and much more. Provides outstanding visual guidance throughout, including full-color photographs, drawings, graphs and charts, and radiographic images. Includes quick-reference appendices online: drug dosages, growth curves, normal values for pulmonary function tests, and a listing of common and uncommon syndromes. Provides an interactive question bank online for review and self-assessment.

This eBook is one of 10 carefully selected collections of key articles from the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine journal - a continually updated, evidence-based learning resource, based on the RCOA Curriculum. It is ideal for trainees approaching a new sub-specialty and/or when preparing for the FRCA (or similar) exams. It will also prove an invaluable, authoritative refresher for life-long learning and CPD. Related MCQs are included to test your understanding.