Yearbook of Anesthesiology-6

Yearbook of Anesthesiology-6 is an up-to-date guide to the latest advances in anaesthesiology practice.

Comprising 24 chapters covering all three specialties associated with anaesthesiology - anaesthesia, pain and intensive care - this book presents the most recent information in the field, in a concise and highly illustrated format.

The book covers the complete field from techniques and post surgical recovery, to pharmacology, non technical skills and medicolegal issues. Neurological complications and the management of patients with specific associated disorders (maxillofacial or brain trauma, anaphylaxis etc), are discussed in depth.  

A complete chapter is dedicated to biomarkers in anaesthesiology and the final section of the book - Journal Scan – presents commentary by experts on a selection of articles published in respected journals in the past year.

Key Points

• Presents latest advances in the field of anaesthesiology
• In depth coverage of the three subspecialty areas within the field
• Discusses all aspects from techniques and recovery, to pharmacology and medicolegal issues
• Includes Journal Scan providing expert commentary on recent journal articles

1. Immune Modulating Diet in Critically Ill: Myth or Reality
2. Medicolegal Issues in Anesthesia
3. Regional Anesthesia in Children
4. Pain in Children: Assessment and Management Strategies
5. Severity of Illness Scoring Systems and Their Clinical Relevance
6. Transdermal Drug Delivery
7. Peripheral Opioid Receptors
8. Dexmedetomidine: Perioperative Applications and Limitations
9. Pheochromocytoma: Current Concepts and Management of Laparoscopic Excision
10. Perioperative Anaphylaxis
11. Effect of Anesthesia on Perioperative Immunity
12. Nontechnical Skills for the Healthcare Provider: Bringing about Changes in Outlook, Protocols and Policies
13. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
14. Pharmacokinetics in Obstetric Patients
15. Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia
16. Anesthetic Management of Faciomaxillary Trauma
17. Critical Care in Head Injured Patients
18. Mechanical Ventilation: Tidal Volume, PEEP and Recruitment
19. Palliative and Hospice Care: Need of the Hour to Improve Quality and Quantity of Life
20. Perioperative Neurological Complications
21. Update on Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery
22. To Use or Not to Use
23. Biomarkers in Anesthesiology
24. Journal Scan
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Raminder Sehgal MD DA FICA
Ex-Director Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; Ex-Senior Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India

Anjan Trikha MD FICA
Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India