Overview
Addresses hotly debated topics regarding both anesthesia and critical care
Updated to reflect the latest advances
For each topic, provides not only the state of the art, but also experts’ perspectives
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Anesthesia and Pain
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Intensive Care
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About this book
This book offers an essential guide to managing the most-debated hot topics of practical interest in anesthesia and intensive care. It reviews the state of the art in issues concerning both intensive care medicine and anesthesia, such as perioperative coagulation management, neuroaxial blockade and complications, postoperative pain management, pediatric airway management, septic shock and hemodynamic management, diagnosis and management of acute respiratory distress syndrome, and antifungal treatments for critically ill patients.
Written by leading experts and including updated references, it provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow update on anesthesia and intensive care. The book clearly explains complex topics, offering practicing clinicians valuable insights into the latest recommendations and evidence in the field while, at the same time, making it a vital resource for students new to the fields of anesthesia and intensive care.Reviews
“Senior trainees in critical care and anesthesiology as well as practicing providers in these fields are an appropriate audience. … This is an effective update written by recognized authorities. Presentations can be recommended to experienced providers seeking to optimize perioperative critical care technique.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, May 24, 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Professor Davide Chiumello, MD, is Chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, Milan, Italy. Prof. Chiumello’s research has largely focused on understanding the pathological and clinical aspects of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), with a particular focus on respiratory physiology, esophageal pressure, lung recruitment, lung imaging, ventilator-induced lung injury, prone position, controlled and assisted mechanical ventilation, and non-invasive ventilation. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Minerva Anestesiologica (the official journal of the Società Italiana di Analgesia, Anestesia e Terapia Intensiva) until 2015. He currently serves on the editorial board of Critical Care Medicine (the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine). He is also a reviewer for a number of international journals and Editor of the E learning committee on Respiratory Failure for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Prof. Chiumello is also the author of more than 140 scientific articles and several chapters in medical textbooks.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Practical Trends in Anesthesia and Intensive Care 2018
Editors: Davide Chiumello
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94189-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94188-2Published: 17 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94189-9Published: 04 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 248
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Anesthesiology, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Cardiology