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Advances in Anesthesia, 2022
- 1st Edition, Volume 40-1 - November 8, 2022
- Editor: Laurence Torsher
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 5 6 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 5 6 5 - 4
Advances in Anesthesia reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide anesthesiologists with the current clinical information they need… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Anesthesia reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide anesthesiologists with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Laurence Torsher, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in anesthesia inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.
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Contains 16 articles on such topics as end of life: what is the anesthesiologist’s role?; outpatient robotic surgery considerations; anesthesia machine and new modes of ventilation; COVID in 2022: review of current best practice; what can I do as an anesthesiologist to assist healthcare in the developing world?; opioid-free anesthesia: pros and cons; and more.
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Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in anesthesia, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
Anesthesiology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright-Page
- Associate Editors
- Contributors
- Preface
- End of Life: What Is the Anesthesiologist’s Role?
- Key points
- Background
- Definitions
- Settings
- Health care disparities
- Ethics
- Moral resilience and health care provider support
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Outpatient Robotic surgery: Considerations for the Anesthesiologist
- Key points
- Introduction: nature of the problem
- Indications/contraindications of ambulatory robotic surgery
- Outcomes
- Current controversies/future considerations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- An Enhanced Ambulatory Surgery Experience for Patients with Cancer Through End-to-End Patient Engagement
- Key points
- Background/Introduction
- Case mix and patient population
- Layout and facilities
- Care pathways
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- An Executed Plan to Combat COVID-19 in the United States
- Viral emergence and effects on society
- COVID-19 in the community
- Understanding the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pathogenesis
- Operation warp speed
- Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine
- Passive immunity and convalescent plasma
- Passive immunity and monoclonal antibodies
- Dexamethasone
- Active immunity and vaccines
- Messenger RNA vaccines
- Pfizer vaccine
- Moderna messenger RNA vaccine
- Johnson and Johnson adenoviral vaccine
- Summary
- Building Anesthesia Capacity in the Developing World
- Key points
- Background
- Short-term medical missions
- Education initiatives
- Obstetric anesthesia
- Regional anesthesia
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Updates in the Management of Perioperative Vasoplegic Syndrome
- Key points
- Background
- Causes
- Treatment
- Future research
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Contemporary Perioperative Management of Direct Oral Anticoagulants
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- What Is the Role of Dexmedetomidine in Modern Anesthesia and Critical Care?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Perioperative applications of dexmedetomidine
- Preoperative applications
- Intraoperative applications
- Post-procedural applications
- Critical care applications
- Palliative care applications
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Anesthetic Management and Considerations for Electrophysiology Procedures
- Key points
- Introduction
- General anesthetic considerations in electrophysiology
- Cardiac ablation procedures
- Electrical cardioversion
- Lead extraction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Opioid-Free Anesthesia: The Pros and Cons
- Key points
- Is opioid-free anesthesia feasible?
- What are the pharmacologic tools for conducting opioid-free anesthesia?
- What are the techniques that facilitate opioid-free anesthesia?
- Should opioid-free anesthesia be part of every enhance recovery after surgery pathway?
- Summary/discussion
- Clinics care points
- Anesthesia Machine and New Modes of Ventilation
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary discussion
- Clinics care points
- Anesthesia and Analgesia for the Obese Parturient
- Key points
- Predelivery planning
- Labor analgesia
- Anesthesia for cesarean delivery
- General anesthesia for cesarean delivery
- Special considerations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Contemporary Anesthetic Evaluation and Management for Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Technical and procedural aspects of electroconvulsive therapy
- Physiological changes during electroconvulsive therapy
- Preanesthetic assessment and management
- Anesthetic management for the electroconvulsive therapy procedure
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Advocacy for Anesthesiologists
- Key points
- Introduction
- Why get involved?
- Getting involved
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 40-1
- Published: November 8, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443105647
- eBook ISBN: 9780443105654
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Laurence Torsher
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota