BookRobert S. Holzman, MD, MA (Hon.), FAAP, Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School,
... Show More Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas J. Mancuso, MD, FAAP, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Pain Management and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, David M. Polaner, MD, FAAP, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Director of Transplant Anesthesia, Anesthesia Informatics, the Children's Hospital, Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
Contents:
Fundamental differences between children and adults
Developmental pharmacology
General preoperative evaluation and consultative pediatric anesthesia
Risk management, assessment and quality improvement
Ethical and legal considerations in pediatric anesthesia
Anesthetic equipment and facilities
Management of general anesthesia
Regional anesthesia
Postanesthetic recovery
Pediatric pain management
Systems-based pediatric anesthesia
Healing and recovery in pediatric surgery
Training and education in pediatric anesthesiology: a developmental approach
The Central nervous system: pediatric neuroanesthesia
The Eye: pediatric ophthalmological surgery
The Head and neck: specialty and multidisciplinary surgery
The Body cavity and wall
The Cardiovascular system
Vascular biology and vascular anomalies
Gut development: surgical and anesthetic implications
The Foregut and chest
The Midgut
The Hindgut
Abdominal tumors
The Urogenital system
The Musculoskeletal system and orthopedic surgery
Integumentary system
Hematopoietic system
Endocrine disease
Neuromuscular disorders
Metabolic diseases and inborn errors of metabolism
Abnormalities of the immune response and infection
Fetal medicine and anesthesia for fetal surgery
Delivery room issues and resuscitation of the newborn
Pediatric resuscitation
Anesthesia for the preterm newborn
Minimally invasive surgery
Solid organ and bone marrow transplantation
Anesthesia outside the operating room
Trauma and casualty management
Anesthesia and childhood obesity