More Case Presentations in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Neil S. Morton (Author), E. I. Doyle (Author), Jane Peutrell (Author), Ros Lawson (Author), Pam Cupples (Author)

9780750642156, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback, published 18 October 2000

161 pages, 1 ills.
27 x 18 x 1.2 cm, 0.24 kg

This quick reference guide, with its easy-to-use format, can be used as a revision tool for professional examinations as well as a tutorial aid for lecturers. It will, therefore, be an essential purchase for trainees and specialists in anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine as well as providing continuing medical education for established senior staff.

* Illustrative case scenarios to emphasize the safe, modern approach to a wide variety of problems in the field of paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care
* Topics reflecting the scope of current practice with questions and answers
* Key references for further reading

Management of pain in child with mucositis
Consent
Femoral osteotomy in a child with cerebral palsy
A distressed child with severe learning difficulties
Epidermolysis bullosa
Neonate with an abdominal wall defect
Trache-oesophageal fistula
Asthma
Eye examination and surgery in the ex-preterm baby
Colectomy in child with ulcerative colitis/megacolon
Fundoplication in a child with cerebral palsy
Repeated anaesthesia in oncology
Haemophilia
Interventional cardiology
Suturing of a laceration in the A&E department
Laparoscopic surgery
New techniques of extracorporeal life support
Masseter spasm
Neonatal resuscitation
Live donor renal transplant
Pain management in a child with sickle cell disease
Systemic effects of topical drugs
SVT in a baby
Thoracotomy for congenital lung cyst
Problems in children after organ transplantation
Day case umbilical hernia repair
Four-year old, VP shunt in situ, for hypospadias repair
Laparotomy for NEC
Difficult intubation in babies
Two-year old, history of vomiting, coin visible on CXR
Laryngospasm during induction
VP shunt insertion in neonate
Latex allergy
A child with trisomy 21 presenting with a murmur for dental extractions

Subject Areas: Anaesthetics [MMB]