Overcome the risks to ensure safe anesthesia in your young patients The surgical options for children, from birth through adolescence, have mushroomed in recent years. The challenges to anesthetists have consequently increased in scope and complexity. The 5th edition of Gregory's Pediatric Anesthesia introduces you to the basics of pediatric anesthesia, and how they are applied to contemporary practice both in and out of the operating room. The evidence-based approach is supplemented by in-depth case studies that spotlight best-practice in action across all the major subspecialties. New to this edition are: Developmental physiology of individual organ systems Fetal surgery Spine surgery Post-anesthesia Care Unit management Complications Neurotoxicity Communication, databases and electronic records Purchase includes an enhanced Wiley Desktop Edition*. This is an interactive digital version featuring: all text and images in fully searchable form integrated videos of procedures highlighting and note taking facilities book marking linking to additional references Edited by true leaders in the field of pediatric anesthesia, with contributions from internationally renowned physicians, Gregory's Pediatric Anesthesia remains the most complete resource available for your training, practice and continuing education. *Full instructions for downloading your digital Wiley DeskTop Edition are inside the book.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors, vii Preface, xii List of Abbreviations, xiii Part 1 Principles of Pediatric Anesthesia 1 Ethical Considerations, 1 David B. Waisel 2 History of Pediatric Anesthesia, 15 Burdett S. Dunbar & Dean B. Andropoulos 3 Educating Pediatric Anesthesiologists: What's Best for the Kids?, 27 Alan Jay Schwartz 4 An Introduction to the Ethical Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Pediatric Clinical Trials, 40 Myron Yaster, Jeffrey Galinkin & Mark S. Schreiner 5 Developmental Physiology of the Cardiovascular System, 60 Wanda C. Miller-Hance, Ivan Wilmot & Dean B. Andropoulos 6 Developmental Physiology of the Respiratory System, 95 Susan H. Guttentag, Maria Victoria Fraga & Dean B. Andropoulos 7 Developmental Physiology of the Central Nervous System, 117 Ken M. Brady, R. Blaine Easley & Bruno Bissonnette 8 Developmental Physiology of the Liver, Gastrointestinal Tract, and Renal System, 139 Peter N. Bromley, Ellen Rawlinson & James Bennett 9 Pharmacology, 168 Jean X. Mazoit 10 Fluids, Electrolytes, and Nutrition, 205 Claire Brett & Danton Charr 11 Coagulation, Bleeding, and Blood Transfusion, 224 Bruce E. Miller & Jeanne E. Hendrickson 12 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, 255 Todd J. Kilbaugh, Alexis A. Topjian, Robert M. Sutton, Vinay M. Nadkarni & Robert A. Berg Part 2 Pediatric Anesthesia Management 13 Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation, Anxiety, Awareness, and Behavior Change, 273 Andrew Davidson, Kelly Howard, William Browne, Walid Habre & Ursula Lopez 14 Pediatric Airway Management, 300 John E. Fiadjoe, Paul A. Stricker & Ronald S. Litman 15 Induction, Maintenance, and Emergence from Anesthesia, 330 Jerrold Lerman, Venkata Sampathi & Stacey Watt 16 Postanesthesia Care Unit Management, 361 Warwick Ames & Allison Kinder Ross 17 Monitoring and Vascular Access, 381 Dean B. Andropoulos 18 Pediatric Regional Anesthesia, 419 Claude Ecoffey Part 3 Practice of Pediatric Anesthesia 19 Anesthesia for Fetal Intervention and Surgery, 444 Mark D. Rollins & Mark A. Rosen 20 Anesthesia for Premature Infants, 475 George A. Gregory 21 Anesthesia for the Full-Term and Ex-Premature Infant, 497 Neil S. Morton, Ross Fairgrieve, Anthony Moores & Ewan Wallace 22 Anesthesia for the Adolescent and Young Adult Patient, 520 Loren A. Bauman, Joseph R. Tobin & Dean B. Andropoulos 23 Anesthesia for Neurosurgical Procedures, 540 Bruno Bissonnette, Ken M. Brady & R. Blaine Easley 24 Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery, 569 Grant McFadyen, Stefan Budac, Michael Richards & Lynn D. Martin 25 Anesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease, 588 Kirsten C. Odegard, James A. DiNardo & Peter C. Laussen 26 Anesthesia for Spinal Surgery in Children, 654 Joseph D. Tobias 27 Anesthesia for Transplantation, 678 Stephen A. Stayer, Glynn Williams & Dean B. Andropoulos 28 Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery, 720 Lena S. Sun, Neeta R. Saraiya & Philipp J. Houck 29 Anesthesia for Pediatric Urological Procedures, 740 Ira S. Landsman, Laura N. Zeigler & Jayant K. Deshpande 30 Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery, 757 Cathy Lammers & Cecile Wyckaert 31 Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Surgery, 777 Olutoyin A. Olutoye & Mehernoor F. Watcha 32 Anesthesia for Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, 810 Ehrenfried Schindler, Markus Martini & Martina Messing-Jünger 33 Pain Management in Children, 845 Charles Berde & Christine Greco 34 Outpatient Anesthesia, 875 Joseph A. Scattoloni, Olubukola O. Nafiu & Shobha Malviya 35 Anesthesia for Burns and Trauma, 896 Patrick J. Guffey & Dean B. Andropoulos 36 Anesthesia and Sedation Outside the Operating Room, 919 Robert S. Holzman & Keira P. Mason 37 Pediatric Intensive Care, 946 Patrick A. Ross, Robert Bart III & Randall C. Wetzel 38 Anesthesia for the Patient with a Genetic Syndrome, 993 David Mann, Priscilla J. Garcia & Dean B. Andropoulos 39 Pediatric Anesthesia in Developing Countries, 1140 Adrian T. Bosenberg Part 4 Quality, Outcomes, and Complications in Pediatric Anesthesia 40 Clinical Complications in Pediatric Anesthesia, 1152 Randall Flick 41 Impact of Pediatric Surgery and Anesthesia on Brain Development, 1183 Andreas W. Loepke & Sulpicio G. Soriano 42 Patient Simulation and Its Use in Pediatric Anesthesia, 1219 Anita Honkanen & Michael Chen 43 Databases and Outcome Research in Pediatric Anesthesia, 1239 Donald C. Tyler, Laura Schleelein & Harshad Gurnaney 44 Electronic Anesthesia and Medical Records, 1257 James Edward Caldwell & David Robinowitz 45 Operating Room Safety, Communication, and Teamwork, 1279 Thomas L. Shaw & Stephen A. Stayer Appendix A: Pediatric Anesthesia Drugs and Other Treatments in the Perioperative Period, 1293 Dean B. Andropoulos Appendix B: Pediatric Normal Laboratory Values, 1300 Dean B. Andropoulos Index, 1315