Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative and Critical Care Management, 8th Edition
Current, comprehensive, and evidence-based, this essential resource offers practical guidance from the leading experts in cardiac anesthesiology around the globe. It is designed to help you optimize perioperative outcomes, mitigate complications, and enhance patient safety to the fullest extent.
Under the expert leadership of Dr. Joel A. Kaplan, alongside a distinguished team of associate editors, this edition navigates through the contemporary clinical challenges faced in the field. You will find expanded coverage of critical care topics that reflect the vital role anesthesiologists play in today’s perioperative environments, ensuring patients receive top-tier care throughout their surgical journey.
Key Features:
- Covers the full spectrum of contemporary cardiothoracic anesthesia practice, including:
- Preoperative assessment
- Cardiovascular and coronary physiology
- Pharmacology and monitoring techniques
- Transesophageal echocardiography
- Coagulation management
- Extracorporeal circulation
- Postoperative pain management
- Complex patient considerations with cardiac disease
- New Chapters: Explore groundbreaking topics such as:
- Structural Heart Disease Procedures
- Cardiorespiratory Effects of COVID-19
- Critical Care Ultrasound
- Intensive Unit Management of Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Postoperative Care of Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients
- Enriched with over 900 full-color illustrations, decision trees, charts, and graphs—over a third of which are new—this text enhances your visual understanding of intricate subjects.
- Gain access to over 120 videos featuring a variety of echocardiography clips, allowing for an interactive learning experience.
- Stay informed with balanced, dependable, and updated content on all aspects of anesthetic management in cardiac surgical and interventional cardiology procedures.
- New emphasis placed on cardiac devices requiring specialized perioperative care, including cardiac implanted electrical devices and ventricular assist devices.
- An eBook version is included with your purchase, enabling full access to text, illustrations, and references. With the eBook, you can search for content, customize your reading experience, make notes and highlights, and even have the text read aloud.
This invaluable resource is not just a guide but a comprehensive toolkit that integrates the latest research and evidence-based practices in cardiac anesthesia, ensuring you are well-equipped to face the complexities of modern cardiothoracic care.
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