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Informationen zum Autor Charles A. Vacanti, MD, is the Vandam/Covino Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School and Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has published more than 200 original articles, reviews, book chapters and abstracts, and he holds more than 20 patents. In addition, he serves as the Director for the Laboratories for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is the founding editor of the journal Tissue Engineering and founding president of the Tissue Engineering Society International. He is currently a member of the Governing Council of the Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations (SAAA), of which he is the immediate past president. Pankaj K. Sikka, MD, PhD, is a staff anesthesiologist at Health Alliance and Emerson Hospitals in Massachusetts. He completed his anesthesia residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, a cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and a PhD in pharmacology at LSU Medical Center. He has held academic faculty appointments at the University of California, San Francisco, the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard Medical School. He was the first ever to culture rat kidney cells in vitro, making it easy and inexpensive to perform experiments. He is a member of the task force on the ASA-SEE program. His research interests include patient safety, novel anesthetic drugs and operating room efficiency. Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, is an Instructor-in-Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and a staff anesthesiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He specializes in ambulatory anesthesia and is the director of procedural sedation management and education for the hospital. He is also a chief executive officer of the Institute for Safety in Office-Based Surgery. Scott Segal, MD, MHCM, is Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chairman for Education in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is a senior editor of the American Board of Anesthesiology written examination and an oral examiner for the board. He is also cofounder of theanswerpage.com, an educational website serving thousands of physicians worldwide. Klappentext An up-to-date, comprehensive, authoritative anesthesia text for trainees at all levels and faculty perfect for preparing for board review and recertification exams. Zusammenfassung A state-of-the-art anesthesia textbook for practitioners and trainees, Essential Clinical Anesthesia provides the reader with rapid access to comprehensive, succinct knowledge from experts in the field. All clinical topics of relevance to anesthesiology are organized into more than 180 concise chapters – perfect for preparing for board review and recertification exams. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Preoperative Care and Evaluation Angela Bader; Part II. Airway Management William Rosenblatt; Part III. Anesthesia Equipment Ay Kumar; Part IV. Patient Monitoring Bhavani S. Kodali; Part V. Inhalational Anesthetics James Philip; Part VI. Intravenous Anesthetics and Adjunct Drugs Mark Dershwitz; Part VII. Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics Gary Strichartz; Part VIII. Anesthesia Techniques Sascha Beutler; Part IX. Managing the Transition from Anesthesia Robert M. Knapp; Part X. Regional Anesthesia Mercedes Concepcion; Part XI. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Selwyn Rogers; Part XII. Transfusion Medicine Richard Kaufman; Part XIII. Cardiac Anesthesia Stanton Shernan; Part XIV. Vascular Anesthesia Simon Gelman and Stanley Leeson; Part XV. Thoracic Anesthesia Shannon McKenna; Part XVI. Neuroanesthesia Linda Aglio; Part XVII. Anesthesia for Renal and Urinary Tract Diseases Paul Allen; Part XVIII. Anesthesia for General Surgical Procedures Warren S. Sandberg....
