Anaesthesia, pain, intensive care and emergency A.P.I.C.E.: proceedings of the 22st postgraduate course in critical medicine: Venice-Mestre, Italy – November 9-11, 2007

A. Gullo8847007720, 978-88-470-0772-7, 978-88-470-0773-4

Table of contents :
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Careand Emergency……Page 2
Table of Contents……Page 4
List of Contributors……Page 8
List of Abbrevations……Page 11
ADVANCES ON CRITICAL CARE……Page 19
Organization of the Rapid Response System……Page 20
Transoesophageal Echocardiography:……Page 26
Use of Pulse Oximeter Waveform……Page 40
Continuous Monitoring of Organ Chemistry……Page 46
General Anaesthesia and the Developing Brain……Page 62
AIRWAY……Page 68
Airway Management: The Essentials……Page 69
Best Method to Establish the Grade of Difficult Airway…….Page 78
Out-Of-Hospital Airway Management: Knowledge andEquipment……Page 86
Practical Aspects for Managing Extubation of the DifficultAirway……Page 95
TRAUMA……Page 107
Head Injury Treatment in 2007……Page 108
Penetrating Injuries to the Neck: Operation, Observationor Angiointervention……Page 124
OBSTETRICS……Page 141
Clinical Decision Making in Obstetric Patients……Page 142
Organization of Obstetric Services……Page 156
PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA……Page 165
Clinical Decision Making in Paediatric Anaesthesia……Page 166
Perioperative Care in Paediatrics: Organization……Page 171
Techniques and Drugs in Paediatrics: TIVA and TCI……Page 182
Depth of Anaesthesia Monitoring in Children……Page 191
CARDIAC ARREST……Page 201
New Aspects of Basic Cardiopulmonary ResuscitationResearch:……Page 202
Warning Symptoms of Sudden Cardiac Death……Page 217
Vasopressors During Cardiac Arrest……Page 223
INFECTIONS, SEPSIS, ORGAN DYSFUNTION……Page 231
Candida Infection in Critically Ill Patients……Page 232
Predisposition to Sepsis……Page 243
SOFA Score: A Keystone for Grading Multiple OrganDysfunction……Page 257
PERIOPERATIVE CARE……Page 263
Operating Theatres: Organization, Costs and Audit……Page 264
Use and Misuse of Preoperative Cardiac Testing forNoncardiac Surgery……Page 270
Perioperative Beta-Blockade: Myths and Realities……Page 280
Management of Hypoxia During One Lung Ventilation……Page 291
Regional Anaesthesia for Thoracic Surgery……Page 299
Why the Obese Patient is at Risk for PerioperativeComplications……Page 305
Perioperative Care in Neurosurgery – IntraoperativeMonitoring……Page 313
Incidents Provoked Specifically by Certain Drugs Used inAnaesthesia……Page 324
Side Effects Induced by Anaesthetic Manipulation or bySurgical Operation……Page 331
QUALITY OF CARE IN THE ICU……Page 340
Quality Management in the ICU: Understanding theProcess and Improving the Art……Page 341
INDEX……Page 401