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Brandon/Hill lists the 5th edition as both an initial purchase and belonging in the small medical library's core collection. Miller (U. of California, San Francisco School of Medicine) and contributors present the revised edition of a text recognized by many as offering the most thorough coverage of the field. The 89 chapters are arranged in sections on perioperative preparation, monitoring, anesthesia techniques, perioperative fluid therapy, subspecialty management, critical care medicine, and ancillary responsibilities and problems--including electrical safety in the operating room, patient simulators, and ethical and legal aspects of anesthesia care. New chapters cover implantable cardiac pulse generators; civil, chemical, and biologic warfare; anesthesia for robotic surgery; perioperative blindness; complementary and alternative therapies; finding information on the Internet; and human performance in patient safety. This edition includes a CD-ROM with 11 video clips describing technically demanding procedures, and it also comes with an e-dition website that provides weekly updates.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Description
From fundamental principles to advanced subspecialty procedures, this masterwork covers the full scope of contemporary anesthesia practice in just two volumes. A who's who of internationally recognized authorities offers in-depth, state-of-the-art coverage of basic science and pharmacology...step-by-step instructions for patient management...and an in-depth analysis of ancillary responsibilities and problems. Video clips on the accompanying CD-ROM demonstrate the proper technique for new and difficult procedures. And, a new, continuously updated online version delivers even more reference power.
Book Info
(Churchill Livingstone) Two CD-ROMs in a display folder. Gives computerized access to the complete text of Anesthesia, 5th ed., c2000, and presents 45 minutes of full-motion video clips depicting many anesthesia techniques. System requirements: Windows 95 or higher, at least 12MB RAM, and 48MB free space. Macintosh OS 7.6.1 or higher, and at least 8MB RAM. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Ronald D. Miller, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA Rating 4.5
I prefer the older editions An excellent book. However, it is very heavy and cumbersome to read. Since it has become the encyclopedia of anesthesia, I would prefer if it were available in several smaller books. Also, the print is not as easy to read as in older editions.Knowledge About Cerebrospinal Fluid FistulaWe have got the textbook and we thought that the book our main anesthesiology resource. Recently we have a case of cerebrospinal fluid-cutaneous fistula following spinal anesthesia used for indirect inguinal hernia repair. But we couldn't see any comment in the textbook about the management of cerebrospinal fluid fistula from inthratecal space to skin due to postdural puncture for purpose of spinal (intrathecal) anesthesia. Cutaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula are known to occur rarely under spinal puncture during spinal anesthesia, and CSF leaks via that fistula. This complication is often self-limiting but sometimes needed some treatment procedures such as intravenous fluid restruction, patient prone position, strecth dressing of wound, epidural injection of autologous blood patche or fibrin glue, or uncommonly use of CSF drainage system. We think that if this complication and its' management is included in new edition of the textbook it will be better. With our regards, Hakan Erbay, M.D. Assisstant Professor of Anesthesiology Pamukkale University, Medical Faculty Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Denizli, Turkey Erkan Tomatir, M.D. Associated Professor of Anesthesiology Pamukkale University, Medical Faculty Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Denizli, Turkey Knowledge About Cutaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid FistulaWe have got the textbook and we thought that the book our main anesthesiology resource. Recently we have a case of cerebrospinal fluid-cutaneous fistula following spinal anesthesia used for indirect inguinal hernia repair. But we couldn't see any comment in the textbook about the management of cerebrospinal fluid fistula from inthratecal space to skin due to postdural puncture for purpose of spinal (intrathecal) anesthesia. Cutaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula are known to occur rarely under spinal puncture during spinal anesthesia, and CSF leaks via that fistula. This complication is often self-limiting but sometimes needed some treatment procedures such as intravenous fluid restruction, patient prone position, strecth dressing of wound, epidural injection of autologous blood patche or fibrin glue, or uncommonly use of CSF drainage system. We think that if this complication and its' management is included in new edition of the textbook it will be better. With our regards, Hakan Erbay, M.D. Assisstant Professor of Anesthesiology Pamukkale University, Medical Faculty Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Denizli, Turkey Erkan Tomatir, M.D. Associated Professor of Anesthesiology Pamukkale University, Medical Faculty Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Denizli, Turkey |
