The newly revised Seventh Edition of the best-selling handbook, Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital is now available in PDA format.
This easy-to-navigate handheld reference provides instant access to current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia procedures throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods and in the ICU.
Coverage includes:
- a comprehensive, alphabetical drug appendix
- adult and pediatric resuscitation guidelines
- an anesthesia machine checklist
- information on complementary and alternative medicine and end-of-life issues
This edition includes new information on quality assessment, patient safety, the electronic medical record, and new techniques and medications.
Platform: Palm OS, Windows CE, and Pocket PC handheld devices
A pocket book version of this edition is also be available
Contents
Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia
- Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia
- Specific Considerations with Cardiac Disease
- Specific Considerations with Pulmonary Disease
- Specific Considerations with Renal Disease
- Specific Considerations with Liver Disease
- Specific Considerations with Endocrine Disease
- Infectious Diseases and Infection Control in Anesthesia
Administration of Anesthesia
- Safety in Anesthesia
- The Anesthesia Machine
- Monitoring
- Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics
- Neuromuscular Blockade
- Airway Evaluation and Management
- Administration of General Anesthesia
- Local Anesthetics
- Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia
- Regional Anesthesia
- Intra-anesthetic Problems
- Perioperative Hemodynamic Control
- Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery
- Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
- Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery
- Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery
- Anesthesia for Neurosurgery
- Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery
- Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery
- Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients
- Anesthesia for Surgical Emergencies in the Neonate
- Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery
- Anesthesia for Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Ambulatory Anesthesia
- Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room
- Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns
- Transfusion Therapy
Perioperative Issues
- The Postanesthesia Care Unit
- Perioperative Respiratory Failure
- Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation
- Pain
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Ethical and End-of-Life Issues
Appendices
- Supplementary Drug Information
- Normal Laboratory Values for Blood
Index
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