Principles of Airway Management

Fourth Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4939-3822-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 742 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1142 g

Principles of Airway Management, 4th Edition, reviews the essential aspects of airway management: anatomy, equipment, intubation, fiberoptic endoscopy, surgical approaches, intubating LMA (lightwand), pediatric airway, CPR, and mechanical ventilation. The book features well-balanced discussions of the complexities and difficult issues associated with airway management; excellent organization that ensures the material can be learned and applied to various situations; the latest equipment and techniques; summary boxes which highlight the most important points of each chapter; and more than 400 illustrations (many in color, for the first time), tables, and boxes.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finucane, Brendan T.

Tsui, Ban C.H.

Santora, Albert

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Anästhesiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Intensivmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Anatomy of the Airway.- 2.Evaluation of the Airway.- 3.Basic Emergency Airway Management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).- 4.Basic Equipment for Airway Management.- 5.The Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) and other Extraglottic (Supraglottic) Airway Devices.- 6.Advanced Airway Devices.- 7.Indications and Preparation of the Patient for Intubation.- 8.Techniques of Intubation.- 9.The Difficult Airway.- 10.Pediatric Airway Management.- 11.Fiberoptically Guided Airway Management Techniques.- 12.Surgical Options in Airway Management.- 13.Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Care.- 14.Extubation Strategies: The Extubation Algorithm.- 15.Complications of Airway Management.

Über Autor(innen)

Brendan T. Finucane, MBBCh, FRCPC Professor Emeritus Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Dr. Finucane is also the editor of Complications of Regional Anesthesia, 2nd ed. (Springer, 2007). Albert H. Santora, MD Athens, GA USA Ban C.H. Tsui, Dip Eng, BSc(Math), B Pharm, MD, MSc, FRCPC Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine University of Alberta Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service Stollery Children's Hospital / University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Dr. Tsui is also the author of Atlas of Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation-Guided Regional Anesthesia (Springer, 2007).