Category: Anesthesiology

Noninvasive Ventilation in High-Risk Infections and Mass Casualty Events

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Noninvasive Ventilation in High-Risk Infections and Mass Casualty Events-1

Antonio M. Esquinas Editor 2014 Pulmonary infections represent one of the main causes of development of severe acute respiratory insufficiency that requires hospital admission in pneumology wards and intensive care units. In this scenario, mechanical ventilation is cornerstone in severe forms. However, some types of pulmonary infections are characterized by severity and high risk of contamination, especially for health personnel […]

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Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period

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Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period-1

Giovanni Landoni • Laura Ruggeri Alberto Zangrillo Editors 2014 Perioperative morbidity and mortality represent a public health problem. Mortality alone is over 4 % in western countries, with striking differences among centers in the same countries and among different countries. There is initial growing awareness that drugs, techniques and strategies used in the perioperative period may influence clinical relevant […]

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Principles of Neurophysiological Assessment, Mapping, and Monitoring

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Principles of Neurophysiological Assessment, Mapping, and Monitoring-1

Alan David Kaye • Scott Francis Davis Editors 2014 Electrophysiological stimulation and recording was used in the operating room by researchers as early as the 1930s to study the functional organization of the cerebral cortex [ 1–4 ]. Seminal studies by scientists such as Penfield and Celesia led to our modern understanding of the functional organization of the cerebral […]

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Supine Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and ECIRS

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Supine Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and ECIRS-1

Cesare Marco Scoffone • András Hoznek Cecilia Maria Cracco Editors 2014 The New Way of Interpreting PNL Supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy : a new way of interpreting PNL is the culmination of 10 years’ intensive work in the field of renal stone surgery. Our strongest desire was to share our extensive experience with ECIRS (Endoscopic Combined Intra Renal Surgery) […]

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General Trauma Care and Related Aspects

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General Trauma Care and Related Aspects-1

Hans-Jörg Oestern • Otmar Trentz Selman Uranues Editors Wolfgang Arnold • Uwe Ganzer Series Editors Trauma Surgery II 2014 Trauma care depends on good organization, an understanding of trauma as a surgical disease, awareness of potential complications, and the ability to cope with them. Focusing only on the repair of anatomic lesions will not meet the requirements […]

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Bone and Joint Injuries

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Bone and Joint Injuries-1

Hans-Jörg Oestern • Otmar Trentz Selman Uranues Editors 2014 Wolfgang Arnold • Uwe Ganzer Series Editors Trauma Surgery III Despite a decrease in motor vehicle injuries in most parts of Europe, there has been a dramatic increase globally in skeletal trauma. Sports injuries and geriatric trauma are also on the rise, and musculoskeletal injuries are the most […]

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Practical Treatment Options for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents

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Practical Treatment Options for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents-1

Michael Dobe • Boris Zernikow Editors 2013 An Interdisciplinary Therapy Manual This manual is a masterful, compelling, and satisfying read for all professionals in children’s pain management. Going beyond the biomedical model, it provides a comprehensive appreciation of the physiology, psychology, pharmacology and familial/social aspects of common paediatric chronic pain syndromes. It emphasizes the broad […]

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The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook

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The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook-1

Christopher J. Wong Nason P. Hamlin Editors 2013 Perioperative medical consultation is an exciting and evolving fi eld of medicine. At the University of Washington Medical Center, medicine consultation as a separate endeavor began in the late 1980s with general medicine attendings taking medicine consultation calls in addition to their primary care practices. In the early 1990s, a […]

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