Main description:

This volume, the first of a new series, deals with the basic aspects of anaesthesia, intensive care (IC) and pain in neonates and children. Internationally recognised guidelines aimed at standardising the most important procedures, such as the treatment of hypothermia, are also discussed. The book includes contributions from anesthesiologists from The Hospital for Sick Children, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto and is Canada's most research-intensive hospital.

Contents:

Highlights: Anatomy and physiology in neonates and children.- Strategy to manage pediatric patients: the family and the child.- Off-label drugs in pediatric perioperative medicine.- Guidelines and standardization of procedures: The pediatric diffucult airway.- Central venous cannulation techniques.- Prevention of bloodstream infections.- Perioperative Medicine, Intensive Care, Pain: Preoperative evaluation.- Anesthesia induction.- Monitoring the level of anesthesia and sedation in children: an overview.- Locoregional anesthesia in children.- Perioperative fluid management.- Adrenal insufficiency in pediatric critical illness.- Perioperative care in pediatric cardiac surgery.- Acute pain service: clinical assessment and standard of care.- Anesthesia outside the operating room.- Tracheotomy in children.- Infection control in neonates and children.- Pediatric palliative care in the intense care unit.- Chronic pain management: organization, techniques and guidelines.- Subject index.