Principles of Airway Management

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Finucane, Brendan T. (Συγγραφέας), Santora, Albert H. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Έκδοση: Third Edition.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Pain medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Pain Medicine.

Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind —John Donne 1 In 1988 Belhouse and Dore estimated that as many as 600 people died every year from complications of airway management in the developed world. The tragedy of this statistic was that most of these deaths were preventable. I...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Anatomy of the Airway
• Basic Airway Management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Basic Airway Management Equipment
• Fiberoptic Airway Management Techniques
• Evaluation of the Airway
• Indications and Preparation of the Patient for Intubation
• Techniques of Intubation
• The Difficult Airway
• Complications of Endotracheal Intubation
• Surgical Approaches to Airway Management
• The Pediatric Airway
• Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Support
• The Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA).