Advances in Anesthesia reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide anesthesiologists with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Laurence Torsher, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in anesthesia inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.
Contains 13 articles on such topics as new treatments for PONV, including aprepitant and amisulpride for rescue; update and advances on postdural puncture headache: long term complications, newer treatments, pharmacological, sphenopalantine blocks, and logical approaches to the problem; perioperative concerns in the patient with history of alcohol abuse; and more.
Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in anesthesia, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright-Page - p. vi 5. Associate Editors - p. vii 6. Contributors - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xxiii 8. Updated Clinical Review: Perioperative Use of Tranexamic Acid in Orthopedics and Other Surgeries - p. 1 9. A Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Update: Current information on New Drugs, Old Drugs, Rescue/Treatment, Combination Therapies and Nontraditional Modalities - p. 17 10. Peer Support and Second Victim Programs for Anesthesia Professionals Involved in Stressful or Traumatic Clinical Events - p. 39 11. Care for the Obstetric Patient with Complex Cardiac Disease - p. 53 12. Update and Advances on Post-dural Puncture Headache - p. 71 13. Reconceptualizing Acute Pain Management in the 21st Century - p. 87 14. Expert Advice for the Expert Witness - p. 111 15. Pediatric Anesthesia in the Community - p. 127 16. Trauma Anesthesiology Perioperative Management Update - p. 143 17. Perioperative Concerns in the Patient with History of Alcohol Use - p. 163 18. Diagnosis and Treatment of New-Onset Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation - p. 179 19. Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: Implications, Approach, Prevention - p. 205 20. Donation After Cardiac Death: Origins, Current State, and New Directions - p. 225
Advances in Anesthesia reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide anesthesiologists with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Laurence Torsher, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in anesthesia inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.
Contains 13 articles on such topics as new treatments for PONV, including aprepitant and amisulpride for rescue; update and advances on postdural puncture headache: long term complications, newer treatments, pharmacological, sphenopalantine blocks, and logical approaches to the problem; perioperative concerns in the patient with history of alcohol abuse; and more.
Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in anesthesia, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright-Page - p. vi 5. Associate Editors - p. vii 6. Contributors - p. ix 7. Preface - p. xxiii 8. Updated Clinical Review: Perioperative Use of Tranexamic Acid in Orthopedics and Other Surgeries - p. 1 9. A Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Update: Current information on New Drugs, Old Drugs, Rescue/Treatment, Combination Therapies and Nontraditional Modalities - p. 17 10. Peer Support and Second Victim Programs for Anesthesia Professionals Involved in Stressful or Traumatic Clinical Events - p. 39 11. Care for the Obstetric Patient with Complex Cardiac Disease - p. 53 12. Update and Advances on Post-dural Puncture Headache - p. 71 13. Reconceptualizing Acute Pain Management in the 21st Century - p. 87 14. Expert Advice for the Expert Witness - p. 111 15. Pediatric Anesthesia in the Community - p. 127 16. Trauma Anesthesiology Perioperative Management Update - p. 143 17. Perioperative Concerns in the Patient with History of Alcohol Use - p. 163 18. Diagnosis and Treatment of New-Onset Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation - p. 179 19. Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: Implications, Approach, Prevention - p. 205 20. Donation After Cardiac Death: Origins, Current State, and New Directions - p. 225
