Anestesia e rianimazione

"The Handbook of Clinical Anaesthesia" has been completely updated for this new edition, providing trainee anaesthetists with a concise but comprehensive source of clinical information, and qualified anaesthetists with an indispensable aide-memoire. Written and edited by experts in the field, this compact but detailed text provides all the essential practical knowledge required by anaesthetists on co-existing medical conditions, operative procedures and techniques.

In this second edition, the editors have continued to ensure a uniformity of style and structure throughout, whilst encompassing the multi-disciplinary nature of the successful management of chronic pain. This new edition should appeal to all allied professionals as well as trainee and practicing doctors working in rapidly emerging the field of pain medicine.

Acute and chronic pain place a huge burden on our society. Approximately 10% of the population in Western countries report suffering from chronic pain, and both chronic and acute pain are responsible for high absenteeism in the workplace. It is therefore crucial that we have effective ways of treating pain. Unfortunately though, we have no objective measures of pain - no blood tests, no urine dipsticks. We have to rely on what the patient tells us. So how then do we know what are and what are not effective pain treatments? It is here that the principles of evidence-based medicine have been of great value - helping us to understand the most effective forms of pain treatment. Bandolier's Little Book of Pain is a unique portable guide to evidence-based pain treatments. For each possible treatment, the book provides the evidence supporting the efficacy of the treatment, along with a clinical bottom line, for those requiring immediate information. Written by world leaders in the field of evidenced-based pain treatments, the book will be indispensable for the multi-disciplinary professionals managing acute and chronic pain in primary and secondary care.

Using an easy-to-follow outline style and filled with helpful tables and charts, this proven favorite was written to assist house officers, fellows and nurses in day-to-day practice issues in neonatal intensive care. Extensively field-tested and highly practical, it truly provides everything you need to know to take care of very sick infants.

Il problema della sicurezza in anestesia va affrontato su vari fronti: conoscere esattamente l'entità e le cause che determinano i vari incidenti, sensibilizzare con una rinnovata cultura i medici anestesisti, applicare gli standard di cura ed estenderne l'impiego, utilizzare apparecchiature e impianti a norma e, infine, disporre di procedure adeguate al tipo di attività e alle condizioni logistiche dei vari ospedali. Il volume intende sviluppare il problema della sicurezza in anestesia attraverso una analisi completa delle principali componenti che intervengono nei diversi incidenti la cui frequenza è inversamente proporzionale al grado di sicurezza delle tecniche di anestesia.

Continuous update in critical care medicine is a real challenge due to the growing dimensions of its contents; these elements are the result of new research acquisitions, and of those clinical situations where the physician is able to intervene at a given moment, with the use of effective prevention techniques. They are also the result of new technologies able to define complex sub-clinical diagnostic aspects; lastly, they are the result of effective therapeutic techniques available, and of treatment strategies able to influence radically and positively the patient's clinical course. Critical care medicine is playing a key role in the most advanced environments, as it represents a cross-sectional field of action, involving several specialties, such as anesthesiology, general medicine, surgery, pediatrics.

Advances in the management of head and spinal cord injury, stroke, brain tumors, and other disorders have improved dramatically in recent years--and have led to improved care in the neurosurgical intensive care unit. In this new book, an expert team of authors integrate these advances into clinical practice by providing valuable tips and advice on the most current and up-to-date treatment strategies. The text covers all important topics in neurosurgical intensive care, from stroke and non-traumatic hemorrhage to intracranial hypertension, epilepsy management, and withdrawing life support. Plus, you'll find analysis of the newest clinical science on all topics, as well as a key discussion of how advanced bedside monitoring techniques can lead to improved patient care. Key features of Intensive Care in Neurosurgery: *Provides the newest clinical science on such timely topics as metabolic and nutritional monitoring, ventilator management, and cerebrovascular and cardiovascular physiology *Describes how specific techniques can reverse the abnormal physiology of disease processes *Written by top neurosurgeons who are experts in intensive care *Addresses controversial topics in the field, including withdrawal of care and declaration of brain death Here is a valuable text for neurosurgeons, neurologists, and critical care specialists who treat patients in intensive care. Residents entering the field will also find it an essential learning tool and board review guide. Get the most current information available with the first text devoted to this topic in more than a decade!

Regional anaesthesia, particularly central neural block for obstetrics, has increased greatly in use and popularity over the last 30 years. However, a significant number of anaesthetists still find it difficult to acquire either a theoretical grounding in the subject or expertise in the techniques. This book is produced to help them to rectify this situation. It is aimed at anaesthetists in training and those studying for the FRCA examination, as well as senior anaesthetists whose training was completed before the revival of interest in regional anaesthesia. Those already using regional techniques will find the book useful for extending and updating their knowledge. As in the first two editions, the first part of the book gives an account (firmly based in recent research) of the theoretical aspects of regional anaesthesia. The second part describes the practical applications of the various methods. The third edition continues to give a clear view on often misunderstood subjects such as the pharmacokinetics and systemic toxicity of local anaesthetic drugs, and the use of test doses as well as an assessment of the present place of spinal anaesthesia and an account of the features of some of the newer spinal agents. The contributing authors use the techniques which they describe in their daily practice and, because they come from a variety of backgrounds, the book is broadly representative of British practice. However, the editors have ensured that the guidance given and the opinions expressed are clear and unequivocal.

Core Cases in Critical Care describes the clinical management of some of the most common problems seen in the critically ill patient. Twenty detailed, illustrative case histories are presented and for each, descriptions of the problem, its underlying pathophysiology and the key principles of principles of patient management are given. Each 'case' is written by experts in the field, and all contributors are practising anaesthetists and critical care specialists of many years' experience. Core Case in Critical Care is essential reading for all trainees in critical care, and will also prove a valuable addition to the libraries of other groups such as critical care nurses, surgical trainees and practising critical care physicians and anaesthetists, both as a useful summary of key topics in critical care in an easily-digested format, and as a stimulus for discussion and analysis of current practice.

The new edition of this major text focuses on fetology, discussing fetal development, fetal diagnosis and monitoring, and medical and surgical management of the fetus. In neonatology, it covers maternal factors influencing neonatal outcome, management of high-risk pregnancy, and neonatal resuscitation. Discussions are organized by organ system, diagnosis, treatment, management, and critical care techniques.