Pediatric and Obstetrical Anesthesia - (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science (Hardcover)) (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Preface. Physiology Adaptation during Pregnancy; G.W. Ostheimer. Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy; S.L. Clark. Anesthesia for Severe Preeclampsia; C.P. Gibbs. Effects of Pregnancy on Local Anesthetic Action and Toxicity; M. Finster. Obstetric Emergencies; C.P. Gibbs. Anesthesia for Surgery in the Pregnant Surgical Patient; A.M. Malinov, J.W. Ostheimer (ed.). Fetal Considerations in the Critically Ill Obstetric Patient; J.P. Phelan, S.L. Clark (ed.). Does Epidural Analgesia Prolong Labor and Increase the Incidence of Instrumental or Operative Delivery? M. Finster. Anesthesia for the Inner-City Parturient; D.J. Birnbach. Aspiration: Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment; C.P. Gibbs. Combined Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia (CSE) for Labor and Delivery; D.J. Birnbach. Resuscitation of the Newborn; G.W. Ostheimer. Neonatal Physiology of Importance to the Anesthesiologist; F.A. Berry. Anesthesia for the Neonate: Emergent and Non-Emergent; J.M. Badgwell. Fasting and Premedication in Infants and Children; J. Lerman. Anesthesia for the Ex-Premature Infant; J.M. Badgwell. Management of the Difficult Pedriatric Airway; F.A. Berry. Muscle Relaxants in Infants and Children; D.R. Cook. New Inhalational Anesthetics in Infants and Children; J. Lerman. Stress Response in Pediatric Anesthesia; P.R. Hickey. Perioperative Fluid and Blood Volume Management in Infants and Children; D.R. Cook. Regional Anesthesia in the Pediatric Patient; L.J. Rice. Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Children; J. Lerman. An Update on Malignant Hyperthermia and Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy; F.A. Berry. Pediatric Outpatient Anesthesia; R.S. Hannallah. Anesthetic Considerations in Congenital Heart Disease; P.R. Hickey.Ketamine: From `Star Wars' to Dinosaur in 25 Years? L.J. Rice. Current Status of Intravenous Anesthesia in Children; R.S. Hannallah. Postoperative Pain Management in the Pediatric Patient; L.J. Rice.