Anesthesiology category: 718 books

The aim of this text is to provide the framework for building a clinical trial as it pertains to operative and non operative invasive procedures, how to get it funded and how to conduct such a trial up to publication of results The text provides all details of building a scientifically and...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to delivering analgesia and sedation to critically ill patients for professionals and caregivers being involved in the management of these patients. It discusses and explains in detail the advantages and limitations of each drug and device using clear flowcharts,...

This book describes the state of the art concerning some of the most hotly debated topics in anesthesia and intensive care and is at the same time intended to serve as a useful practical guide that will assist in improving outcomes. The topics covered are wide ranging and include, for example, use...

This is a no-nonsense guide to drug treatment in the intensive care unit.  It covers the most commonly encountered conditions and is organized by system.  Management of each condition is tersely outlined step-by-step in table format.  The book also includes non-drug information that is essential...

Designed specifically for the revised Final FRCA examination, this book contains four mock exams, combining the new single best answer format with the traditional true/false format MCQs. A further fifth chapter contains only single best answer questions allowing candidates extra practice on this new...

A sound knowledge of equations and their use, derivation and clinical application is an absolute prerequisite for any anaesthetist. As a result, equations are a favourite question topic of examiners, particularly in the viva examinations. Many candidates answer these poorly, losing valuable marks...

Ultrasound technology is enabling anesthesiologists to perform regional anesthetic procedures with greater confidence in accuracy and precision. With improvements in visualizing neural anatomy and needle movement, ultrasound guidance improves patient safety and operating room efficiency. This book...

The field of interventional radiology is constantly undergoing change, and its procedures evolve over time. There is currently tremendous pressure on our specialty, as cardiology and vascular surgery app- priate existing vascular interventions. We need to be looking constantly for new procedures that...

Do you want to improve your teaching skills in graduate medical education? This book provides suggestions and practical examples for teaching in the Pre-Anesthesia Clinic, the Operating Room, the Pain Clinic, and the ICU. Designed to help the reader become a more efficient and effective teacher, it...

This book provides the key concepts for a study of blood gas analysis, making them easily accessible, whilst also stimulating further reading. Hopefully, it will lessen the fears one feels when confronted with a subject that is, rightly or wrongly, considered to be complicated. It examines the various...

The Practice of Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography provides over 100 teaching cases ranging from the most common to the most challenging. Each case is succinctly presented in an easy-to-read question-answer, self-test format comprised of three printed pages of text and echo images. Echocardiography...

-This volume commemorates the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists. -It will be distributed  on the occasion of the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists 2004 in Paris, France, where the idea of the establishment of WFSA was created.

This comprehensive handbook delivers “bottom line,” evidence-based guidance in the practice of thoracic anesthesia. Chapters are short and practical and include actionable technical pearls not available elsewhere.  The editor and contributors are academic faculty who work at one of the busiest...

Master every essential pain management injection technique used today with Atlas of Pain Management Injection Techniques, 3rd Edition. With expert tips from leading authority Steven D. Waldman, MD, JD and abundant step-by-step color illustrations, you’ll see how to evaluate the causes of pain, identify...