Complications in Anesthesiology

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1136 pages
• Published by: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Edition: 3rd Edition September 1, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0781782635
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0781782630
• Book Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 4.6 pounds

Product Description
This comprehensive, problem-based textbook discusses the full range of complications in anesthesiology. Major sections cover intraoperative and postoperative complications affecting each organ system--respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic, ophthalmologic, renal, hematologic and hemostatic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, obstetric, immunologic and infectious, and disorders of temperature regulation. Coverage includes problems that are rarely mentioned in older textbooks, such as ischemic optic neuropathy and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Chapters address complications associated with specific equipment and techniques, with adverse drug interactions, and with herbal remedies and over-the-counter medications. Also included are chapters on medicolegal issues and risks to the anesthesiologist.

Book Info
University of Florida, Gainesville. Second edition of an extensive reference for practitioners on anesthetic-related complications, why they occur, prevention, and associated pathophysiology. Previous edition 1983. seventy contributors, 67 U.S. DNLM: Anesthesia - adverse effects. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.