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Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery by Kaili Dilts M.D. (auth.), Daniel M. Gainsburg, Ethan O. Bryson, Elizabeth A. M. Frost (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery about?

This is a concise, up-to-date reference on anesthesia for urological surgery.  Urological anesthesia is not recognized as a specialty, and a majority of anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists will provide anesthesia for these patients.  Advances in urological procedures, the advent of treatment of patients with strong anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications, and the demographics of urology patients (many of whom are young or elderly) present challenges for the anesthesiologist and have necessitated changes in anesthesia practice.  The last volume on this topic was published in 2000, and the time is right for a fresh presentation of contemporary expertise in anesthesia for urological surgery. The book provides a brief review of renal physiology and pharmacology then addresses anesthesia for each major group of urological procedures (e.g., endoscopic, office-based, laparoscopic and robotic, nephrolithotripsy, renal transplantation, etc.) and in special populations, including the geriatric patient, the pediatric patient, and the pregnant patient.  Separate chapters discuss the unique challenges of positioning the patient, and of managing the patient taking anticoagulant and antip

Who reads Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery?

Author

Kaili Dilts M.D. (auth.), Daniel M. Gainsburg, Ethan O. Bryson, Elizabeth A. M. Frost (eds.)

Publisher

Springer-Verlag New York

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781461473633

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Medicine