Anesthesia: Essential Clinical Updates for Practitioners – Regional, Ultrasound, Coagulation, Obstetrics and Pediatrics (Recent Advances in Anesthesiology Book 1)

This book provides a quick update on key aspects of current anesthesia practice. Book chapters are written in a concise manner to enable readers (anesthesia providers and medical students) to quickly refresh their knowledge, and understand the essential points about key topics. The chapters are written by eminent clinicians who are also outstanding teachers in their respective anesthesia training programs. Topics covered in this volume include: trauma, trauma anesthesia, regional anesthesia, upper extremity blocks, lower extremity blocks, ultrasound, the use of ultrasound for blocks and vascular access, coagulation, hemostasis, transfusion, anticoagulants and their reversal, issues in pediatric anesthesia, and pediatric trauma, as well as obstetrical anesthesia.The book serves as a handbook for advanced anesthesia professionals and a textbook for medical students. CONTENTS......Page 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 13 DEDICATION......Page 14 List of Contributors......Page 15 INTRODUCTION......Page 16 Breathing and Ventilation......Page 18 Circulation with Hemorrhage Control......Page 20 Disability......Page 21 SECONDARY SURVEY......Page 22 Traumatic Brain Injury......Page 23 Thoracic Injury......Page 25 Abdomen and Pelvic Trauma......Page 26 DAMAGE CONTROL......Page 29 REFERENCES......Page 33 INTRODUCTION......Page 38 CLINICAL ANATOMY OF THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS......Page 39 The Theory......Page 41 The Practice: Nerve Stimulation......Page 42 Ultrasound Guidance......Page 43 The Theory......Page 44 Ultrasound Guidance......Page 45 Theory......Page 46 Ultrasound Guidance......Page 47 The Practice: Nerve Stimulation......Page 49 Ultrasound Guidance......Page 51 The Practice: Nerve Stimulation......Page 52 Ultrasound Guidance......Page 53 Ulnar Nerve......Page 54 SELECTING THE LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT (TABLE 1)......Page 56 CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION......Page 58 REFERENCES......Page 59 ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL......Page 60 INTRODUCTION......Page 62 INDICATIONS......Page 63 Anatomical Landmarks (Fig. 2)......Page 64 Placement (Fig. 3)......Page 65 Complications......Page 67 CONCLUSION......Page 68 REFERENCES......Page 69 INTRODUCTION......Page 72 Method......Page 73 Complications......Page 74 Ultrasound Technique......Page 76 POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK......Page 77 Technique......Page 78 Anatomy......Page 80 SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK......Page 82 Nerve Stimulator Guidance......Page 83 Infra-Gluteal Approach......Page 86 Anterior Approach [28]......Page 87 Anatomy......Page 88 PLPB Nerve Stimulation Technique......Page 89 Complications......Page 90 CONCLUSION......Page 91 REFERENCES......Page 92 INTRODUCTION......Page 95 Basic Principles of Ultrasound Physics......Page 96 Knobology, Image Optimization, And Transducer Selection......Page 97 Depth......Page 99 Color Doppler......Page 100 Transducer Orientation......Page 101 Ultrasound for Central Venous Cannulation......Page 102 Site Selection......Page 103 Equipment......Page 104 The Ultrasound-Guided Seldinger Technique......Page 105 Preparation......Page 106 Cannulation......Page 107 Confirming Intravenous Access and Passing the Wire......Page 108 Final Steps......Page 109 Visualizing the Needle......Page 110 Complications......Page 111 Ultrasound Visualization of the Neck Vessels......Page 113 Internal Jugular Vein Cannulation......Page 114 Ultrasound Visualization of the Subclavian Vessels......Page 115 The Axillary Vein......Page 118 Ultrasound View of the Femoral Vessels......Page 119 Ultrasound for Arterial Access......Page 120 Ultrasound Visualization of the Radial Artery......Page 121 Ultrasound Artery Cannulation......Page 122 Ultrasound for Difficult Peripheral Intravenous Access......Page 123 Ultrasound Visualization of a Target Peripheral Vein......Page 124 Cannulation of The Peripheral Vein......Page 125 RESOURCES FOR PROVIDERS......Page 126 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 128 REFERENCES......Page 129 INTRODUCTION......Page 135 BLOOD COAGULATION AND FIBRINOLYSIS......Page 136 COAGULATION TESTING......Page 139 HEMORRHAGE......Page 141 THROMBOSIS......Page 144 ANTICOAGULANT DRUGS......Page 145 ANTIPLATELET DRUGS......Page 151 LOCAL PROCOAGULANTS......Page 153 BLOOD COMPONENTS......Page 154 PLASMA PRODUCTS......Page 157 GETTING HELP......Page 159 CONCLUSION......Page 160 REFERENCES......Page 161 INTRODUCTION......Page 164 EMERGENCY CESAREAN SECTION IN PATIENTS WITH COMORBIDITY......Page 165 Morbid Obesity......Page 166 Eclampsia......Page 167 Umbilical Cord Prolapse......Page 169 Breech Presentation......Page 170 Abnormal Placental Implantation......Page 171 Placental Abruption......Page 172 Trial of Labor After Cesarean Section......Page 173 Uterine Rupture......Page 174 Placenta Accreta, Increta, and Percreta......Page 175 Uterine Inversion......Page 176 Anesthetic Considerations for Obstetrical Hemorrhage......Page 177 ANESTHESIA FOR EMERGENCY NON-OBSTETRICAL SURGERY IN THE OBSTETRICAL PATIENT......Page 178 CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION......Page 180 REFERENCES......Page 181 INTRODUCTION......Page 183 PATIENT AND PROCEDURE SELECTION......Page 184 Monitors......Page 187 Admitting vs. Transfers......Page 189 Personnel......Page 190 Credentialing......Page 191 Nil Per Os......Page 192 Pre-Op Sedation/Parental Presence......Page 193 EMERGENCY PLANNING......Page 196 INTRAOPERATIVE CARE......Page 197 Induction of Anesthesia......Page 198 Airway Management......Page 200 Intraoperative Airway Emergencies......Page 201 Difficult Pediatric Airway......Page 202 Laryngospasm......Page 206 Minimum Alveolar Concentration (MAC) Values by Age......Page 207 Neuromuscular Blockade......Page 208 Pain Medications......Page 210 Dose Recommendations for Acetaminophen by Age......Page 211 Regional Analgesia......Page 214 Fluid Management......Page 216 Emergence......Page 218 COMMON PEDIATRIC SURGERIES MYRINGOTOMY AND TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE INSERTION......Page 219 The STBUR Questionnaire......Page 220 Foreign Body Ingestion and Aspiration......Page 223 Genitourinary Procedures......Page 226 Routine Postoperative Care......Page 227 Respiratory Problems......Page 228 Emergence Delirium......Page 230 Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) Scale......Page 231 Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting......Page 232 Postoperative Pain......Page 233 Neonatal Infant Pain Scale Total Score Ranges From 0-7 Points. >4 Point Is Considered Pain......Page 235 REFERENCES......Page 237 INTRODUCTION......Page 251 HEAD TRAUMA......Page 253 BLUNT TRAUMA AND PENETRATING TRAUMA......Page 256 REFERENCES......Page 260 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 264 Cartomancy, Or Fortune Telling By Cards, Can Trace Its History Back To The European Renaissance. 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Book chapters are written in a concise manner to enable readers (anesthesia providers and medical students) to quickly refresh their knowledge, and understand the essential points about key topics. The chapters are written by eminent clinicians who are also outstanding teachers in their respective anesthesia training programs. Topics covered in this volume trauma, trauma anesthesia, regional anesthesia, upper extremity blocks, lower extremity blocks, ultrasound, the use of ultrasound for blocks and vascular access, coagulation, hemostasis, transfusion, anticoagulants and their reversal, issues in pediatric anesthesia, and pediatric trauma, as well as obstetrical anesthesia. The book serves as a handbook for advanced anesthesia professionals and a textbook for medical students.

This book provides a quick update on key aspects of current anesthesia practice. Book chapters are written in a concise manner to enable readers anesthesia providers and medical students to quickly refresh their knowledge, and understand the essential p