Pediatric Anesthesia Practice

Pediatric Anesthesia Practice is a point-of-care guide to aid the clinician in the care of children in the perianesthetic period.

Ronald Litman (Edited by)

9780521709378, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 July 2007

230 pages
18.1 x 15.1 x 1.1 cm, 0.204 kg

'this is a handy, pocket-sized book that invites to be leafed through and read … Pediatric Anesthesia Practice is a neat and informative little book.' Anaesthesia and intensive Care

Pediatric Anesthesia Practice is a vital point-of-care guide to aid the clinician in the care of children in the perianesthetic period. It is a condensed and practical approach to the patient management, showcasing consistent standards that have been tested at the leading children's hospitals world wide. It is divided into three main sections: surgical procedures, co-existing diseases, and regional anesthesia.

Part I. Co-Existing Diseases: Preface
1. Anterior mediastinal mass
2. Asthma
3. Atrial septal defect (ASD)
4. Cerebral palsy
5. Coarctation of the aorta
6. Craniofacial syndromes
7. Cystic fibrosis
8. Emergence agitation
9. Endocardial cushion defects: atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) Ex-premature infant
10. Hemophilia
11. Mitochondrial myopathy
12. Mucopolysaccharidoses
13. Muscular dystrophy
14. Neurofibromatosis
15. Obstructive sleep apnea
16. Oncological disease
17. Patent ductus arteriosus
18. Post operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) postoperative apnea
19. Premature infant
20. Seizure disorders
21. Sickle cell disease
22. Single ventricle physiology
23. Tetralogy of fallot
24. Thalassemia
25. Transposition of great arteries (d-TGA)
26. Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)
27. Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
28. von Willebrand disease
Part II. Surgical Procedures: 29. Anterior spinal fusion
30. Arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great arteries
31. Atrial septal defect repair
32. Awake craniotomy for seizures
33. Bidirectional Glenn or Hemi-Fontan procedure
34. Brachial cleft cyst excision
35. Burn debridement
36. Cardiac catheterization
37. Cervical node biopsy/excision
38. Choledochal cyst excision
39. Circumcision
40. Cleft lip repair
41. Cleft palate repair
42. Cloacal extrophy repair
43. Club foot repair
44. CNS tumor excision
45. Coarctation of the aorta repair
46. Colonoscopy
47. Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) excision
48. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair (CDH)
49. Congenital lobar emphysema
50. Craniosynostosis repair
51. Craniotomy for head trauma
52. CT Scans
53. Cystic hygroma (Lymphatic Malformation) excision
54. Dental extractions and rehabilitation
55. Dorsal rhizotomy
56. Endoscopy - EGD (Esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
57. Epiglottitis
58. Esophageal dilatation
59. Exploratory laparotomy for abdominal trauma
60. Fontan procedure
61. Foreign body in the trachea or bronchus
62. Gastroschisis repair
63. Gastrostomy tube placement
64. Heel cord lengthening
65. Hypospadias repair
66. Imperforate anus repair (pena procedure or posterior sagittal anorectoplasty)
67. Inguinal hernia repair
68. Intussusception repair
69. Kasai procedure for biliary atresia
70. Kidney transplant
71. Lacrimal duct probing and irrigation
72. Laparoscopy
73. Laser removal of port wine stain
74. Liver transplant
75. Lower extremity fracture
76. Mediastinoscopy
77. MRI
78. Myelomeningocele repair
79. Myringotomy and tubes insertion
80. Norwood stage 1 procedure
81. Omphalocele repair
82. Open globe injury repair
83. Orchidopexy (undescended testicle repair)
84. Otoplasty
85. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation
86. Pectus carinatum repair
87. Pectus excavatum repair
88. Pelvic osteotomy
89. Posterior spinal fusion
90. Posterior urethral valve repair
91. Pull-throughs for hirschsprung's
92. Pulmonary sequestration
93. Pyloromyotomy
94. Radiotherapy
95. Retropharyngeal abscess
96. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) repair
97. Splenectomy
98. Strabismus repair
99. Syndactyly repair
100. Testicular torsion repair
101. Tetralogy of fallot repair
102. Thyroglossal duct cyst
103. Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) repair
104. Tracheoesophageal fistula and esophageal atresia repair
105. Tracheostomy
106. Umbilical hernia repair
107. Ureteral reimplant
108. Vascular ring repair
109. Ventricular septal defect repair
110. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
111. Volvulus (malrotation)
112. Wilms' tumor excision
Part III. Regional Anesthesia: 113. Epidural analgesia
114. Spinal anesthesia.

Subject Areas: Anaesthetics [MMB], Paediatric medicine [MJW]