New Anesthetic Agents, Devices and Monitoring Techniques: Annual Utah Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology 1983

ISBN-13: 9789400968066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 204 str.

T. H. Stanley; W. C. Petty

Spis treści

1. Current concepts in cerebral resuscitation/protection.- 2. Management of electrolyte abnormalities.- 3. Anesthetic management of the high risk pregnant patient: preeclampsia and diabetes.- 4. Anesthesia for cerebral vascular surgery.- 5. Management of anesthesia in the presence of liver disease.- 6. Special techniques in neuroanesthesia.- 7. Changing concepts in preanesthetic medication.- 8. Calcium channel blockers and anesthesia.- 9. Comparisons between beta blockers and calcium entry blockers.- 10. Aspiration in obstetrics: etiology, prevention and treatment.- 11. New developments in vasodilator therapy.- 12. Electrostimulation as an adjunct to anesthesia.- 13. New muscle relaxants.- 14. New intravenous anesthetic drugs: etomidate and midazolam.- 15. The new opioids.- 16. Comparative pharmacology of volatile anesthetics.- 17. Prevention and treatment of intraoperative myocardial ischemia.- 18. Toxicity of local anesthetics in the adult, fetus and newborn.- 19. Anesthesia for cesarean section: regional and general.- 20. New aspects of nondepolarizing relaxant reversal.- 21. Buying a monitor.- 22. When are pulmonary artery catheters indicated in noncardiac surgery?.- 23. Monitoring the EEG in the operating room.- 24. Biochemical and biophysical monitoring of the fetus.- 25. Are inhalation anesthetics better than injectable anesthetics for coronary artery surgery?.- 26. Continuous infusion of intravenous anesthetics: automated IV anesthesia, a rational method of drug administration.