Description 
                    Committed to providing safe anaesthetic care for paediatric patients, it is of paramount importance for clinicians to learn from suboptimal situations in order to continuously improve clinical performance. The first resource of its kind, this text analyses a selection of fascinating case studies and evaluates best practice in providing safe anaesthesia to children with recommendations on how to avoid the most common clinical pitfalls. Featuring over seventy chapters, topics include airway-related problems, vascular access, regional anaesthesia, medication related problems and the management of patients with pre-existing conditions. Each case study is supported by full colour images, making this essential reading for consultants and trainees in anaesthesia.
                
             
            
                
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        Reference  
        64545 
      
    
    
	  		
			EAN13  
			9781316629109 
		
	  
	  		
			ISBN  
			9781316629109 
		
	  
	  
		  	
  
  
  
      
  
      
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
					  
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			  				Publication date 
				2018 
			  				Issue number 
				1 
			  				Cover 
				paperback 
			  				Pages count 
				266 
			  				Dimensions (mm) 
				155.00 x 233.00 
			  				Weight (g) 
				470 
			  			 
		   
			  
    
      
         
            
                            
                    Dedication; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Concepts and strategy; 2.1. General safety rules:: identification of the patient and the type of surgery; 2.2. Adequate anaesthetic plan; 2.3. Understanding the surgical procedure and the patients physiology; 2.4. Organization and fasting times; 2.5. Anticipating massive bleeding; 2.6. Maintaining body temperature; 2.7. Unexpected laboratory results; 3. Airway related problems; 3.1. Breathing system; 3.2. Cannot intubate, cannot ventilate; 3.3. Can intubate, cannot ventilate; 3.4. Laryngospasm; 3.5. Size of the endotracheal tube; 3.6. Insertion depth of the endotracheal tube; 3.7. Laryngeal perforation; 3.8. Bronchial rupture; 3.9. Damage to teeth; 3.10. Damage related to a supraglottic airway; 3.11. Regurgitation during use of supraglottic airway; 3.12. Pneumothorax; 3.13. Pulmonary oedema e vacuo; 3.14. Pulmonary aspiration; 3.15. Bronchial foreign body; 3.16. Pharyngeal foreign body; 3.17. Oesophageal foreign body; 3.18. Un-anticipated tracheal stenosis; 3.19. Unknown pre-existing pathology; 3.20. Upper respiratory tract infection; 4. Vascular access; 4.1. Impossible venous access; 4.2. Paravasation; 4.3. Paravenous injection; 4.4. Intraarterial injection; 4.5. The 3-way stop cock phenomenon; 4.6. Vascular damage; 4.7. Malposition of the catheter tip; 4.8. Anomalies of the venous system; 4.9. Air embolism; 4.10. Venous thrombosis; 4.11. Ischaemic fingers; 5. Regional anaesthesia; 5.1. Wrong site block; 5.2. Inadequate technique; 5.3. Undesirable block extension; 5.4. Local anaesthetic toxicity; 5.5. Methaemoglobinaemia; 5.6. Total spinal anaesthesia; 5.7. Compartment syndrome; 5.8. Ischaemic extremity; 5.9. Needle damage; 5.10. Complications of caudal anaesthesia; 6. Medication related problems; 6.1. Medication error; 6.2. Drug overdose; 6.3. Inadvertent drug administration; 6.4. Drug administration during total intravenous anaesthesia; 6.5. Propofol infusion syndrome; 6.6. Systemic effect of local treatment (e.g. eye drops); 6.7. Hyponatraemia; 6.8. Hyperchloraemic acidosis; 6.9. Hyperkalaemia; 6.10. Prolonged paralysis; 6.11. Unexpected slow recovery; 6.12. Emergence delirium; 7. Pre-existing conditions; 7.1. Malignant hyperthermia; 7.2. Neuromuscular disease; 7.3. Down syndrome; 7.4. Oncologic disease; 7.5. The diabetic child; 7.6. Behavioural disorders; 7.7. Anaphylaxis; 7.8. Sepsis; 7.9. Pregnancy; 8. Miscellaneous; 8.1. Damage caused by pressure; 8.2. Damage related to positioning; 8.3. Iatrogenic burns; 8.4. Toxic skin necrosis; 8.5. Transfusion reaction.