Anaesthetics

The FCEM Notebook: Revision Notes and Clinical Resource for Emergency Physicians is the essential guide to passing the Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine (FCEM) examination.

Since publication of the first edition of this book, new treatments have become available in acute intervention for stroke and new evidence has been uncovered regarding prevention and neurorehabilitation.

As more critically ill patients are cared for on acute general wards rather than in ICUs, many nurses are having to cope with the particular problems of very sick patients without the specialist knowledge of an ICU trained nurse.

Myofascial pain is the most common pain; it is estimated that 6070 per centof all pain is of myofascial origin.

Using repeated sets of exercises meant to relax and desensitize the mind, autogenic training equips patients to deal with chronic conditions such as anxiety disorders, recurring pain and stress.

"e;Tuesday morning, I spent an hour with a neurologist trying to figure out why I kept tripping over my feet.

Pain is universal.

Surgical Intensive Care Medicine has been specifically designed to be a practical reference for medical students and house officers to help manage the critically ill surgical patient.

Advances of cardiovascular engineering prompt one to consider innovative device technology - that is, the development of new replacement heart valves or engineering of a totally implantable energy source for an artificial heart.

'An enthralling read' - Dr Rachel Clarke, bestselling author of Dear LifeA Royal Society Science Prize shortlisted author'A remarkable book' - Sunday Times__________What is phantom limb pain?

Back pain is very hard (often impossible) to diagnose and to specify, hence heavy painkillers are thrown at people.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

'From ice cream headaches to migraine, this fascinating and entertaining account of a common curse draws together modern science, ancient views and personal experience.

'From ice cream headaches to migraine, this fascinating and entertaining account of a common curse draws together modern science, ancient views and personal experience.

Pain seems like a fairly straightforward experience you get hurt and it, well, hurts.

Practical 'footsteps' to help you live well with a chronic pain conditionIf you live with a long term condition that causes you chronic pain, then you are not alone.

Take control of your life, take control of your painChronic pain can be extremely debilitating; however, it does not need to dominate your life.

Weg vom Symptom hin zur Ursache – der ganzheitliche Ratgeber gegen SchmerzenOft greifen wir bei Schmerzen als erstes zur Tablette.

This text provides a comprehensive review and expertise on various interventional cancer pain procedures.

One of the easiest things an anesthesiologist can do is to administer an anesthetic, and therein lies one of the major dangers of anesthesia.

The primary mission of the medical school is to create new doctors.

Our present understanding of the psychosocial aspects of pain in children is reviewed in this monograph by leading scientists and practitioners.

The volatile anesthetics continue to be one of the most mysterious yet commonly used class of drugs in medical practice today.

What is the best way to plan surgical research?

Pain is a pervasive symptom present in multiple areas of medicine.

A comprehensive review of intraoperative radiation therapy, beginning with the rationale for innovative treatment and the radiobiology of single doses.

Practiced for more than 2,000 years, acupuncture was once restricted to the realm of alternative medicine.

Chinese Auricular Acupuncture provides students and practitioners with a clear, concise, and user-friendly manual on ear acupuncture.

Join the hundreds of thousands of readers who have found help and hope for getting their lives back from chronic pain in this empowering workbook.

In this completely updated edition, Gayle Backstrom, who has FM, and Dr.

Currently blood is a volatile issue.

PROFESSOR SIR KENNETH L.

Thousands of articles and many books have been published on the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

For those of us involved in research on the neural mechanisms that relate tissue damage to pain.

The topics in this book represent the presentations given at the First and Second Annual Meetings entitled "e;Critical Issues in Surgery"e; held at the Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort, st.

Brain Injury is the second volume in the book series, Molecular and Cellular Biology of Critical Care Medicine.

The field of neural control of breathing has advanced rapidly in the past two decades, with the emergence of many new and promising research directions of increasing sophistication.

Comprehensive Guide to Education in Anesthesia is the first single-source volume on the current practice of teaching and learning in this specialty which has long been at the forefront of innovation in medical education.

From the Foreword, by Stewart J.

In anesthesiology, pain medicine, and critical care, practitioners at all levels need help to stay current with the continually evolving drug knowledge-base and trainees need tools to prepare for in-training and board exams that increasingly test their knowledge of pharmacology.

The book presents more than 60 real-life cases which together memorably and succinctly convey the depth and breadth of clinical anesthesiology.

This is an introduction to the patient monitoring technologies that are used in today's acute care environments, including the operating room, recovery room, emergency department, intensive care unit, and telemetry floor.

Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care provides a multidisciplinary overview of the assessment and management of the elderly patient presenting with surgical pathology.

Edited and written by an international "e;who's who"e; of more than 100 authors, including anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, bench scientists, a surgeon, and representatives of industry, this text provides a comprehensive history of anesthesia, unique in its focus on the people and events that shaped the specialty around the world, particularly during the past 70 years when anesthesia emerged from empiricism and developed into a science-based practice.

This book provides foundational knowledge of intraoperative monitoring (IOM) and is written for the range of clinicians who monitor the function of the nervous system during surgery, from new technologists to neurophysiologists and neurosurgeons.

This pocket guide is a single-volume source of the most common and important formulas and laboratory values used in the daily practice of acute care and critical care medicine.

The occurrence of deleterious or even fatal drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in the perioperative period is no longer a theoretical concern but a harrowing reality.

The variety of chemically diverse pharmacological agents administered to patients is large and continues to expand and with every new drug released, there is always potential for adverse reactions, some of them allergic.