Description
Book SynopsisA full-color, case-based guide to effectively managing airway difficultiesâupdated to reflect the latest guidelines, devices, and techniques
Written by the creators of the Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesiaâ and presented in full-color, this trusted resource covers the latest guidelines, leading-edge principles, tools, and procedures of airway assessment and management. Multidisciplinary in scope, the book encompasses the key areas of anesthesia, hospitalists, intensivists, emergency medicine, and paramedicine.
Updated and revised, this fourth edition includes the most current review available of the many innovations that been introduced since publication of the previous edition. This is accompanied by a thorough review of the pharmacology of airway management designed to help you understand how to achieve the desired effects on ventilation and muscle strength. You'll find expert advice and strategies for treating patients in a range of settings, from pre-hospita
Table of Contents
Section 1: Principles of Airway Management
Section 2: Airway Techniques
Section 3: Prehospital Airway Management
Section 4: Airway Management in the Emergency Department
Section 5: Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit (Icu)
Section 6: Airway Management in the Operating Room
Section 7: Airway Management in the Pediatric Population
Section 8: Airway Management in Obstetrics
Section 9: Airway Management in Unique Environment
Section 10: Practical Considerations in Airway Management
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