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Miller's anesthesia /

Miller's anesthesia / Anesthesia edited by Ronald D. Miller ; associate edit ors, Lars I. Eriksson ... [et al.]. - 7th ed. - Philadelphia, PA : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, c2010. - 2 v. (xxii, 3084, I-89 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

"Expert consult"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

V. 1: History of anesthetic practice -- Scope of modern anesthetic p ractice -- The international scope and practice of anesthesia -- Medica l informatics -- Quality improvement -- Human performance and patient s afety -- Patient simulation -- Teaching anesthesia -- Ethical aspects o f anesthesia care -- Legal aspects of anesthesia care -- Sleep, memory, and consciousness -- The autonomic nervous system -- Cerebral physiolo gy and the effects of anesthetic drugs -- Neuromuscular physiology and pharmacology -- Respiratory physiology -- Cardiac physiology -- Hepatic physiology and pathophysiology -- Renal physiology -- Basic principles of pharmacology -- Inhaled anesthetics: mechanisms of action -- Inhal ed anesthetics: uptake and distribution -- Pulmonary pharmacology -- Ca rdiovascular pharmacology -- Inhaled anesthetics: metabolism and toxici ty -- Inhaled anesthetic delivery systems -- Intravenous anesthetics -- Opioids -- Intravenous drug delivery systems -- Pharmacology of muscle relaxants and their antagonists -- Local anesthetics -- Nitric oxide a nd inhaled pulmonary vasodilators -- Complementary and alternative ther apies -- Risk of anesthesia -- Preoperative evaluation -- Anesthetic im plications of concurrent diseases -- Patient positioning and anesthesia -- Neuromuscular disorders and malignant hyperthermia -- Fundamental p rinciples of monitoring instrumentation -- Monitoring the depth of anes thesia -- Cardiovascular monitoring -- Transesophageal echocardiography -- Electrocardiography -- Implantable cardiac pulse generators: pacema kers and cardioverter-defibrillators -- Respiratory monitoring -- Renal function monitoring -- Neurologic monitoring -- Neuromuscular monitori ng -- Temperature regulation and monitoring -- V. 2: Perioperative acid-base balance -- Airway management in the ad ult -- Spinal, epidural, and caudal anesthesia -- Nerve blocks -- Ultra sound guidance for regional anesthesia -- Intravascular fluid and elect rolyte physiology -- Transfusion therapy -- Coagulation -- Autologous t ransfusion, recombinant factor vlla, and bloodless medicine -- Anesthes ia and treatment of chronic pain -- Anesthesia for thoracic surgery -- Anesthesia for cardiac surgical procedures -- Anesthesia for correction of cardiac arrhythmias -- Anesthesia for vascular surgery -- Neurosurg ical anesthesia -- Anesthesia for bariatric surgery -- Anesthesia and t he renal and genitourinary systems -- Anesthesia and the hepatobiliary system -- Anesthesia for abdominal organ transplantation -- Anesthesia for laparoscopic surgery -- Anesthesia for obstetrics -- Anesthesia for orthopedic surgery -- Geriatric anesthesia -- Anesthesia for trauma -- Anesthesia and prehospital emergency and trauma care -- Chemical and b iological warfare agents: the role of the anesthesiologist -- Anesthesi a for eye, ear, nose, and throat surgery -- Anesthesia for robotic surg ery -- Anesthesia for laser surgery -- Ambulatory (outpatient) anesthes ia -- Anesthesia at remote locations -- Clinical care in extreme enviro nments: at high and low pressure and in space -- Regional anesthesia in children -- Pediatric anesthesia -- Anesthesia for pediatric cardiac s urgery -- Pediatric and neonatal intensive care -- The postanesthesia c are unit -- Postoperative nausea and vomiting -- Acute postoperative pa in -- Postoperative intravascular fluid therapy -- Cognitive dysfunctio n and other long-term complications of surgery and anesthesia -- Postop erative visual loss -- Overview of anesthesiology and critical care med icine -- Critical care protocols -- Respiratory care -- Neurocritical c are -- Nutrition and metabolic control -- Renal replacement therapies - - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: basic and advanced life support -- Bra in death -- Operating room management -- Electrical safety in the opera ting room -- Environmental safety including chemical dependency -- Stat istical methods in anesthesia.

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Anesthesia-- Atlases.
Anesthesia.
Anesthesiology--methods.
Anesthetics--therapeutic use.

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