Pediatric Anesthesia Handbook [Paperback]

Terrance Yemen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071586873 | ISBN-13: 978-0071586870 | Publication Date: May 20, 2002 | Edition: 1

A quick-access, pocket guide that provides anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists with a wide range of important procedures for treating pediatric patients in and out of the OR.

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Pediatric Anesthesia Handbook puts the best answers on controlling pain in your pocket.

In this convenient resource--perfect for your lab coat pocket--leading pediatric anesthesiologists put succinct, up-to-date advice on both routine and nonroutine cases at your fingertips.

* Covers young patients in and out of the operating room
* Provides easy access to current practice in pain management, sedation, and peri-operative monitoring and assessment
* Helps you resolve complex issues involving multiple trauma, blocked airways, heart and birth defects, allergies, and other conditions in hard-to-manage situations
* Offers appropriate laboratory and radiologic tests for children
* Discusses post-operative pain management
* Guides you on ethical, legal, and family issues

More than a source of quick facts you need immediately to provide care for sick and injured children, this problem-oriented Handbook is an excellent way to keep abreast of the latest options, controversies, and alternatives in clinical pediatric anesthesia.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 460 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (May 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071586873
• ISBN-13: 978-0071586870
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,380,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great peds anesthesia handbook, May 4, 2005

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This review is from: Pediatric Anesthesia Handbook (Paperback)

This is a concise problem oriented handbook of peds anesthesia. Unlike other similar references, this handbook offers a somewhat different, albeit more practical approach to anesthetic care for children. Rather than illustrate how to do a tonsillectomy, or how to do a ureteral reimplant, this book addresses braoder issues that can be applied to a vast array of surgical procedures. For example, there is a chapter that deals with the anesthetic considerations of children with neuromuscular diseases such as DMD, CP or myelomeningocele. There are chapters that look at such diverse topics as approaches to managing children with congenital heart disease as well as children with a URI. What I like about this book is that it focuses on anesthetic management issues of children with various disease processes as opposed to simply managing the surgery. While knowledge of the surgical procedure is very important, any competent peds anesthesiologist knows that not every tonsillectomy carries the same considerations. If we approach our care in that way, I believe that we risk becoming technicians as opposed to physicians.

This is a great little reference for trainees. It also would work well for attendings who need a quick review of relevant pediatric anesthesia topics. The burn and trauma chapters could stand to be revised in the next edition.