Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Anesthesiology

Der aktuelle Stand der mechanischen Herz-Kreislauf-Unterstutzung ist in ubersichtlicher Form in diesem Buch zusammengefasst. Die einzelnen verwendeten Systeme werden ebenso von Experten in Wort und Bild dargestellt wie die Indikationsstellung, die Nachsorge und mogliche Komplikationen. Neu in der 2., durchgehend aktualisierten Auflage sind Kapitel zur psychologischen Versorgung von VAD-Patienten, zur ECLS/ECMO bei Kindern und zu aktuellen Weiterentwicklungen im VAD-, aber auch TAH-Sektor; das Kapitel zum Komplikationsmanagement wurde erweitert.

This book offers a practical tool for handling neuromuscular emergencies, and is divided by the main neuromuscular diseases on the basis of their anatomical and clinical location: diseases affecting the anterior horn of the spinal cord (tetanus), those that affect the nerve roots and nerves (SGB, multiple mononeuritis, porphyria), the neuromuscular junction (MG and botulism) and, lastly, muscle pathologies (rhabdomyolysis, malignant hyperthermia, periodic paralysis). It provides updated diagnostic/therapeutic protocols and decision-making algorithms for each pathology, and examines a range...

Das vorliegende Werk gibt einen aktuellen Uberblick uber die wichtigsten POCT-Analyseverfahren und POCT-Gerate sowie deren klinische Anwendung. Daruber hinaus liefert es Informationen, u.a. zu medizinischer und wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung von POCT, Methodik, Organisation, Qualitatssicherung und den Trends fur die Zukunft.

Die 3. Auflage wurde komplett aktualisiert und erweitert und tragt den neuesten Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet Rechnung. Neue Themen sind u.a. POCT-taugliche molekularbiologische Verfahren und der internationale Vergleich der Qualitatsregeln fur POCT. Das Buch...

Three introductory chapters review a critical thinking approach to the unstable or pulseless patient, crisis resource management principles to improve team performance and the importance of cognitive aids in adhering to guidelines during perioperative crises. The remaining sections cover six major areas of patient instability: cardiac, pulmonary, neurologic,...

This volume offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the major surgical procedures performed on elderly patients. With advancing age the conditions that require surgery normally increase in incidence, and today all surgeons around the globe can be considered "geriatric surgeons." The latest anesthesiological procedures, the technical improvements and an increased medical knowledge of the comorbities impact have brought extraordinary advances in this field, but this should not allow us to forget that a careful assessment of elderly patients is necessary before undertaking...

Functional neurosurgery has experienced unprecedented capabilities because of technological advances in neuroimaging, basic sciences, and increasingly sophisticated therapeutic interfaces. Intractable pain syndromes are among the most prevalent conditions, yet represent one of the most challenging areas of neurosurgery. Handbook of Pain Surgery, edited by esteemed functional neurosurgeon Kim J. Burchiel, explores the science and art of treating patients with intractable pain. The succinct text and videos provide a compact, reader-friendly guide on this unique neurosurgical...

Practical, user-friendly, and to the point, the newly updated Kaplan's Essentials of Cardiac Anesthesia, 2^nd edition focuses on the most common topics and clinically applicable information in cardiac anesthesia today. Designed for residents, nurses, and clinicians seeking quick, high-yield answers rather than the encyclopedic information commonly found in larger references-in fact, its concise format makes it easy to complete a section in a single sitting. For an initial introduction to cardiac anesthesia, nothing compares to Kaplan's Essentials