John G. Brock-Utne 2011 As anesthesiologists we are confronted, from time to time, with difficult decisions in “near miss” situations. Fortunately, “near misses” occur rarely, but it is important to be aware that they can occur. This book is a companion to my previous book Clinical Anesthesia: Near Misses and Lessons Learned, published by Springer in 2008.
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Edited by Peter Slinger 2011 This book, The Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery, is designed to be a comprehensive and up-to-date reference text for all aspects of anesthesia related to noncardiac intrathoracic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The goal of this text is to improve the perioperative care of thoracic surgical patients.
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Matthew Martin ● Alec Beekley Editors 2011 As you step off the plane you are struck by an oppressive heat, but this is not what catches your attention. It is the foreignness of this place – the unfamiliar terrain, the noise, the oddly clustered tents and buildings, the serious and determined looks of people involved in a war.
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Alexander Lerner • Michael Soudry (Editors) 2011 Throughout the long history of military medicine, the advances in the treatment of combat casualties paralleled the development of weapons and their destructive properties. The diversity and gravity of tissue damage depend primarily on the released energy.
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Kathirvel Subramaniam Kyung W. Park Balachundhar Subramaniam Editors 2011 Some 15 years ago, as the authors were all working at a high-volume vascular surgical center of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, there was a realization that patients undergoing vascular surgery present the anesthesiologist with a unique set of challenges.
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Paolo Martelletti, Timothy J. Steiner (Eds.) 2011 Practical Management Better access, without artificial barriers, to better headache services worldwide is the objective of Lifting The Burden: The Global Campaign Against Headache. Very large numbers of people have their lives affected by headache disorders, in particular migraine and tension-type headache, which collectively impose heavy individual and societal burdens and […]
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Michele Brignole · David G. Benditt 2011 An Evidence-Based Approach Syncope, better known to most people as “fainting” or “blacking out,” represents a complete albeit temporary loss of consciousness leading to interruption of awareness of ones surroundings and falls with risk of injury.
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Theodore P. Abraham (Editor) 2011 Echocardiography remains the most commonly used cardiac imaging modality in clinical care despite the emergence of competing technologies such as magnetic resonance and computed tomography. Indeed, it is now considered an extension of the stethoscope and physicians without a primary interest in cardiac imaging, such as interventional cardiologists and internists, often view and interpret […]
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Élie Azoulay (Editor) 2011 In the United States, cancer is the second most common cause of death. Over 560,000 people die of cancer each year. One in four deaths in the United States is due to cancer. Since the 1970s, the 5-year survival from cancer has increased from 50% to 66%.
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Robert S. Bonser • Domenico Pagano Axel Haverich (Editors) 2011 This series is directed towards surgeons, physicians, and healthcare workers involved in the care of patients requiring cardiac, cardiothoracic, and cardiovascular surgery. The scientific developments in this field continue to be prodigious and are published in an ever-increasing journal base.
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