Editor: Amballur D. John

Series Title: Recent Advances in Anesthesiology

Anesthesia: Essential Clinical Updates for Practitioners – Regional, Ultrasound, Coagulation, Obstetrics and Pediatrics

Volume 1

eBook: US $49 Special Offer (PDF + Printed Copy): US $156
Printed Copy: US $131
Library License: US $196
ISSN: 2589-9384 (Print)
ISSN: 2589-9392 (Online)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-722-1 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-721-4 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2018
DOI: 10.2174/97816810872141180101

Introduction

This book provides a quick update on key aspects of current anesthesia practice. Book chapters are written in a concise manner to enable readers (anesthesia providers and medical students) to quickly refresh their knowledge, and understand the essential points about key topics. The chapters are written by eminent clinicians who are also outstanding teachers in their respective anesthesia training programs.

Topics covered in this volume include: trauma, trauma anesthesia, regional anesthesia, upper extremity blocks, lower extremity blocks, ultrasound, the use of ultrasound for blocks and vascular access, coagulation, hemostasis, transfusion, anticoagulants and their reversal, issues in pediatric anesthesia, and pediatric trauma, as well as obstetrical anesthesia.

The book serves as a handbook for advanced anesthesia professionals and a textbook for medical students.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Amballur D. John
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
MD
USA




Contributor(s):
Aaron S. Hess
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
USA


Arun Kalava
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Florida
USA


Blaine Easley
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas
USA


De QH Tran
McGill University
Montreal
Canada


Dheeraj Goswami
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas
USA


John R. Hess
Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
USA


Karen Lindeman
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
Baltimore, MD, USA


Lawrence I. Schwartz
Colorado Children’s Hospital
Aurora, CO
USA


Margaret K. Menzel Ellis
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Portland
Oregon
USA


Monica B. Pagano
Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
USA


Monica Hoagland
Colorado Children’s Hospital
Aurora, CO
USA


Nathanial McQuay
University Hospital Cleveland
Cleveland
Ohio
USA


Neal S. Gerstein
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
New Mexico
USA


Peter M. Schulman
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Portland
Oregon
USA


Roy Greengrass
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Florida
USA


Tessa Mandler
Colorado Children’s Hospital
Aurora, CO
USA




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