Résumé du livre
Widely acknowledged as the foremost introductory text, this latest edition provides the most authoritative and complete overview of anesthesia theory and practice.
Written by two of the foremost experts in the fieldA second color makes the book even easier to use
Updated information includes new and rapidly changing areas in anesthesia practice including:
Office-based anesthesiaNew drugs-opioids, local anesthetics, muscle relaxants
New monitors-bispectral index (BIS monitor)New regional anesthetic techniques-combined spinal and epidural for obstetrical anesthesia
Cancer pain managementAnesthesia simulators in education of residents and practitioners
New concepts in pharmacokinentics (context-sensitive half-time)New airway management techniques-laryngeal mask airway (LMA) New chapters that reflect the emergence of important components of the anesthesiologists professional practice:
Opioids is now a free-standing chapter, rather than a subsection of a chapter.Outpatient Surgery-Hospital, Surgicenter, or Office-Based is a new title for the chapter in the 3rd edition entitled: Outpatient Surgery.
