Research Catalog

Title

Principles and practice of sedation / edited by J.G. Whitwam, R.F. McCloy ; foreword by J.E.A. Wickham.

Publication

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Whitwam, J. G. (James G.)
• McCloy, R. F.

Description

xvii, 252 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book aims to become the definitive reference work on sedations for involved in administering sedative agents, including anesthetists, physicians, radiologists and support staff. The appropriate sedation technique is crucial to the comfort and safety of patients undergoing a wide spectrum of clinical procedures. The general principles of sedative use and protocols for good practice - information that is relevant in all clinical situations - is presented in the sections, and the final section looks at sedation and its application in medicine, surgery and interventional radiology.

Subjects

• Anesthesia
• Anesthesia, Intravenous
• Anesthesia, General
• Anesthesia > methods
• Hypnotics and Sedatives > pharmacology
• Conscious Sedation > methods
• Intravenous anesthesia
• Sedatives
• Conscious sedation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1 Principles -- 1 Anxiolysis, Sedation and Anaesthesia / J. G. Whitwam 3 -- 2 Pharmacology / J. G. Whitwam, D. Ma 8 -- 3 Techniques for Conscious Sedation / J. G. Whitwam, R. F. McCloy 54 -- 4 Procedural Safety / D. M. Nolan 73 -- 5 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / D. A. Zideman, K. G. Spearpoint 91 -- 6 Legal Aspects of Surgery and Minimally Invasive Therapy / N. Davies 109 -- Part 2 Practice -- 7 Gastroenterology / R. F. McCloy 119 -- 8 Urology / R. A. Miller 126 -- 9 Airways and Bronchoscopy / J. G. Whitwam, M.K. Chakrabarti, P. R. Ravussin 138 -- 10 Cardiology / B. Clarke 146 -- 11 Accident and Emergency Medicine / C. Moulton 157 -- 12 Awake Craniotomy / I. A. Herrick, A. W. Gelb 168 -- 13 Spinal Surgery / M.T. N. Knight, A. Krishnan 178 -- 14 Interventional Radiology / M. G. Cowling, A. Adam 182 -- 15 Paediatrics -- 15.1 The Sedation of Children / W. D. Lord 188 -- 15.2 Paediatric Sedation for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures / M. R. J. Sury 198 -- 15.3 Sedation for Magnetic Resonance Scanning of Infants and Young Children / F. M. Cowan 206 -- 16 Dentistry / A. M. Skelly 214 -- 17 Emergency and Diagnostic Procedures in the Critically Ill / A. R. Bailey, G. R. Park 220 -- 1 Intra-articular, Peritoneal and Pleural Opioids and Local Anaesthetics / J. G. Whitwam 226 -- 2 Pulse Oximetry / J. G. Whitwam, D. Ma 229.

ISBN

0632052198

LCCN

^^^97046160^

OCLC

• 38180365
• SCSB-14234889

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library