Anaesthetics

Painful diabetic polyneuropathy is the most common and disturbing of painful conditions experienced by people with diabetes.

Once an uncommon clinical finding, the Chiari malformations are now frequently seen with the advent of more sophisticated imaging modalities.

Methadone and buprenorphine are the only two opioids that are indicated for the management of both pain and opioid-related drug addiction.

Authored by "e;a superb clinician and award-winning teacher,"e;* Near Misses in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Second Edition is a thorough updating and significant expansion of this popular case book in the newest anesthesiology subspecialty to be approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties.

This is a concise, up-to-date reference on anesthesia for urological surgery.

The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare Simulation is a cohesive, single-source reference on all aspects of simulation in medical education and evaluation.

Acupuncture for Pain Management is intended as the premier resource for learning the fundamentals of the art of medical acupuncture.

Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine emphasizes all aspects of this broad and important area and is the definitive textbook for anybody involved in the perioperative care of liver patients.

Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees.

To an unusual degree, the shared "e;working space"e; of otolaryngologists and anesthesiologists means that issues important to one are important to the other.

The Manual of Geriatric Anesthesia is a practical guide for physicians, residents, and students interested in the care of the elderly patient undergoing surgery.

Dogs that visit patients with cancer have been convincingly shown to reduce stress, loneliness, and mood disturbance that may complicate cancer care.

Drug abuse and addiction are common in clinical practice.

Patients with a wide range of medical conditions undergo surgeries of varying levels of risk, and the evolving field of consult medicine aims to address the needs of these patients whether pre- or post-surgery.

This popular book covers the "e;how-to"e; of the respiratory care of newborns in outline format.

Three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a powerful visual tool which the novice or experienced echocardiographer, cardiologist, or cardiac surgeon can use to achieve a better understanding and assessment of normal and pathological cardiac function and anatomy.

This is a compact, single-source guide to regional anesthesia.

Edited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary textbook covering medical, interventional, and integrative approaches to the treatment and management of pain.

Written and edited by outstanding world experts, this is the first portable, single-source volume on intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IOM).

The Cleveland Clinic Manual of Headache Therapy is a hands-on, practical guide to diagnosis, work-up, and treatment of common headache disorders.

Perioperative Addiction addresses an issue that every anesthesiologist will encounter many times during the course of his or her career: the patient who arrives for operative care under the influence of legal or illegal drugs.

The second edition of this text catches the specialty of anesthesia at what will probably prove to be the apex of its influence and recognition amongst the specialties of medicine.

Assessing Chronic Pain offers a unique approach to the evaluation and assessment of treatment for chronic pain patients.

Perinatal medicine, which is concerned with the problems of the fetus and newborn, has rapidly developed in the last two decades as an important and challenging specialty.

This book is based on the proceedings of a conference held in Tubingen, West Germany, in 1981, at which anesthesiologists, neuro- surgeons, pathologists and neurophysiologists met to consider the place of controlled hypotension in neurosurgery.

The first two "e;Brain Heart Conferences"e; in Jerusalem in 1978 and 1983 were based upon the common interests of clinically orientated neurologists and cardiologists in the problems of centr'al autonomic control and autonomic disturbances of the cardiovascular system.

On 16 October 1846, an itinerant New England dentist named William T.

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A HISTORY OF MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a hereditary disorder of muscle.

Brain injury is one of the most unacceptable complications sustained during heart surgery.

This treatise commemorates the 32nd anniversary of the first successful allogenic kidney transplant in a human being and the beginning of a con- tinuing challenge for well over a generation of anesthesiologists.

The pain center/clinic is in the stage of transition.

Chronic and persistent pain, which is a problem for the individual who suffers and the society that has to deal with it, has become increasingly appreciated.

One of the most exciting developments in medicine in this century has been the discovery of opioid receptors and their pharmacology.

The diagnosis of cancer inspires fear, in part because of the high mortality rate associated with most malignancies, and in part because of the perception that cancer is a painful disease.

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It is a pleasure to have the privilege of writing the foreword for a book edited by Dr.

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

Coronary artery bypass surgery is one of the most common operations in the world today, with nearly one million procedures performed annually.

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.

Surgical Research: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice, Third Edition is an excellent source book for the young surgical investigator as well as the senior investigator in surgery.

Neurosurgical Management of Pain presents the full range of procedures for the management of chronic, intractable pain.

A complete guide on how to treat and prevent migraines.

Pain strikes all of us, but it becomes a recurring or constant condition for one in five people.

After a seemingly insignificant fall off of his brothers shoulders at a high school soccer game, thirteen-year-old Devin Weckstein was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Each type of headache has specific causes.

Written and edited by renowned experts in pediatric anesthesia, Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children provides clear, concise guidance on effective perioperative care for any type of pediatric surgery.