Miller's anesthesia

Covering everything from historical and international perspectives to basic science and current clinical practice, Miller's Anesthesia, 9th Edition, remains the preeminent reference in the field. Dr. Michael Gropper leads a team of global experts who bring you the most up-to-date information available on the technical, scientific, and clinical issues you face each day - whether you're preparing for the boards, studying for recertification, or managing a challenging patient care situation in your practice. Contains fully revised and updated content throughout, including numerous new videos online. Includes four new chapters: Clinical Care in Extreme Environments: High Pressure, Immersion, and Hypo- and Hyperthermia; Immediate and Long-Term Complications; Clinical Research; and Interpreting the Medical Literature. Addresses timely topics such as neurotoxicity, palliation, and sleep/wake disorders. Streamlines several topics into single chapters with fresh perspectives from new authors, making the material more readable and actionable. Features the knowledge and expertise of former lead editor Dr. Ronald Miller, as well as new editor Dr. Kate Leslie of the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital. Provides state-of-the-art coverage of anesthetic drugs, guidelines for anesthetic practice and patient safety, new techniques, step-by-step instructions for patient management, the unique needs of pediatric patients, and much more - all highlighted by more than 1,500 full-color illustrations for enhanced visual clarity. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices, in addition to accessing regular updates, related websites, and an expanded collection of procedural videos.

Revised edition of: Miller's anesthesia / [edited by] Ronald D. Miller. Eighth edition. [2015].

Section 1: Introduction. Scope of modern anesthetic practice -- The international scope and practice of anesthesia -- Perioperative medicine -- Informatics in perioperative medicine -- Quality improvement in anesthesia practice -- Human performance and patient safety -- Patient simulation -- Ethical aspects of anesthesia care -- Section 2: Anesthetic physiology. Consciousness, memory, and anesthesia -- Sleep medicine -- Cerebral physiology and the effects of anesthetic drugs -- Neuromuscular physiology -- Respiratory physiology and pathophysiology -- Cardiac physiology -- Gastrointestinal physiology and pathophysiology -- Hepatic physiology and pathophysiology -- Renal anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and evaluation of function -- Basic principles of pharmacology -- Inhaled anesthetics: mechanisms of action -- Inhaled anesthetic pharmacokinetics: uptake, distribution, metabolism and toxicity -- Pulmonary pharmacology and inhaled anesthetics -- Inhaled anesthetics: delivery systems -- Intravenous anesthetics -- Opioids -- Nonopioid pain medications -- Intravenous drug delivery systems -- Pharmacology of neuromuscular blocking drugs -- Reversal (antagonism) of neuromuscular blockad…