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A handbook to providing medical clearance for anaesthesia, whether for a well child, a child with asthma or another chronic disease, or a child with an acute or recent respiratory infection. There is information about less painful techniques for administering anaesthesia to children, as well as specific information about pain prevention and relief and techniques for administering sedatives and analgesics in the office setting. The contributors address topics such as: anaesthetic agents and induction and monitoring techniques; new NPO guidelines; what it really means to ""clear"" a child for anaesthesia; realistic risks and complications of anaesthesia; advances in paediatric pain management; the importance of avoiding trauma in the paediatric patient, and how the surgical team detraumatizes the experience; the role of the parent in the operating room; how to answer the questions most frequently asked by parents and children facing anaesthesia and surgery. The text is illustrated with photographs of children and families in the operating room, and of induction techniques, and is enhanced with 52 tables of medications, equipment, assessment tools and guidelines for treatment.

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9780801860775

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The presentation of this concise and well planned handbook, edited by an acknowledged expert in pediatric anesthesia, is welcomed as a useful tool not only for the primary target audience of pediatricians, but also for anesthesiologists who might deal less often with children. * Anesthesia and Analgesia *

<p> The presentation of this concise and well planned handbook, edited by an acknowledged expert in pediatric anesthesia, is welcomed as a useful tool not only for the primary target audience of pediatricians, but also for anesthesiologists who might deal less often with children. -- Anesthesia and Analgesia

The presentation of this concise and well planned handbook, edited by an acknowledged expert in pediatric anesthesia, is welcomed as a useful tool not only for the primary target audience of pediatricians, but also for anesthesiologists who might deal less often with children. Anesthesia and Analgesia

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Lynne R. Ferrari, M.D., is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Harvard University and is the medical director of Preoperative Services at the Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

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