Provide optimal anesthetic care to your young patients with A Practice of Anesthesia in Infants and Children, 5th Edition, by Drs. Charles J. Cote, Jerrold Lerman, and Brian J. Anderson. More than 65 internationally renowned experts bring you complete coverage of the safe, effective administration of general and regional anesthesia to infants and children - covering standard techniques as well as the very latest advances.
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Section I: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Practice of Pediatric Anesthesia

Chapter 2: Growth and Development

Chapter 3: Perioperative Behavior Stress in Children

Chapter 4: Preoperative Evaluation, Premedication, and Induction of Anesthesia

Chapter 5: Ethical Issues in Pediatric Anesthesiology

Section II: Drug and Fluid Therapy

Chapter 6: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacology of Drugs Used in Children

Chapter 7: Total Intravenous Anesthesia and Target-Controlled Infusion

Chapter 8: Fluid Management

Chapter 9: Essentials of Hematology

Chapter 10: Strategies for Blood Product Management and Reducing Transfusions

Section III: The Chest

Chapter 11: Essentials of Pulmonology

Chapter 12: The Pediatric Airway

Chapter 13: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

Section IV: The Heart

Chapter 14: Essentials of Cardiology

Chapter 15: Anesthesia for Children Undergoing Heart Surgery

Chapter 16: Cardiac Physiology and Pharmacology

Chapter 17: Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Management

Chapter 18: Medications for Hemostasis

Chapter 19: Mechanical Circulatory Support

Chapter 20: Interventional Cardiology

Chapter 21: Anesthesia for Non-cardiac Surgery in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Section V: The Brain and Glands

Chapter 22: Essentials of Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

Chapter 23: Sugery, Anesthesia, and the Immature Brain

Chapter 24: Pediatric Neurosurgical Anesthesia

Chapter 25: Essentials of Endocrinology

Section VI: The Abdomen

Chapter 26: Essentials of Nephrology

Chapter 27: General Abdominal and Urologic Surgery

Chapter 28: Essentials of Hepatology

Chapter 29: Organ Transplantation

Section VII: Other Surgeries

Chapter 30: Orthopedic and Spine Surgery

Chapter 31: Otorhinolaryngologic Procedures

Chapter 32: Ophthalmology

Chapter 33: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Chapter 34: Burn Injuries

Section VIII: Emergencies

Chapter 35: The Extremely Premature Infant (Micropremie)

Chapter 36: Neonatal Emergencies

Chapter 37: Fetal Intervention and the EXIT Procedure

Chapter 38: Trauma

Chapter 39: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Chapter 40: Malignant Hyperthermia

Section IX: Pain

Chapter 41: Regional Anesthesia

Chapter 42: Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia

Chapter 43: Acute Pain

Chapter 44: Chronic Pain

Section X: Special Topics

Chapter 45: Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room

Chapter 46: The Postanesthesia Care Unit and Beyond

Chapter 47: Sedation for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures Outside the Operating Room

Chapter 48: Procedures for Vascular Access

Chapter 49: Infectious Disease Considerations for the Operating Room

Chapter 50: Pediatric Anesthesia in Developing Countries

Chapter 51: Pediatric Equipment

Chapter 52: Medicolegal Issues

Chapter 53: Simulation in Pediatric Anesthesia