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Springer Principles of Airway Management 4th Edition 2010 Hardbound by Brendan T. Finucane, Ban C.H. Tsui, Albert Santora
Principles of Airway Management, 4th Edition, reviews the essential aspects of airway management: anatomy, equipment, intubation, fiberoptic endoscopy, surgical approaches, intubating LMA (lightwand), pediatric airway, CPR, and mechanical ventilation. The book features well-balanced discussions of the complexities and difficult issues associated with airway management; excellent organization that ensures the material can be learned and applied to various situations; the latest equipment and techniques; summary boxes which highlight the most important points of each chapter; and more than 400 illustrations (many in color, for the first time), tables, and boxes. 1. Anatomy of the Airway.- 2.Evaluation of the Airway.- 3.Basic Emergency Airway Management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).- 4.Basic Equipment for Airway Management.- 5.The Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) and other Extraglottic (Supraglottic) Airway Devices.- 6.Advanced Airway Devices.- 7.Indications and Preparation of the Patient for Intubation.- 8.Techniques of Intubation.- 9.The Difficult Airway.- 10.Pediatric Airway Management.- 11.Fiberoptically Guided Airway Management Techniques.- 12.Surgical Options in Airway Management.- 13.Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Care.- 14.Extubation Strategies: The Extubation Algorithm.- 15.Complications of Airway Management.