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Geriatric Anesthesiology

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edited by J. G. Reves, Sheila Ryan Barnett, Julie R. McSwain, G. Alec Rooke. (Third edition) --Cham: Springer , c2018.

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Surgical and anesthetic techniques have evolved to allow a growing number of older adults to undergo surgery, and current estimates are that 50% of Americans over the age of 65 years old will have an operation. However, as the knowledge regarding perioperative care of the elderly surgical patient grows, so do the questions. In this edition, each chapter includes a section entitled "Gaps in Our Knowledge," meant to highlight areas in which research is needed, as well as hopefully inspire readers…

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Other Authors: Reves, J. G.; Barnett, Sheila Ryan; McSwain, Julie R.; Rooke, G. Alec

Responsibility: edited by J. G. Reves, Sheila Ryan Barnett, Julie R. McSwain, G. Alec Rooke

Edition: Third edition

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2018

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 510 p.) : 131 illus., 35 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319668789; 9783319668772 (print ed.); 9783319668796 (print ed.); 9783319883359 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Aged; Aging - physiology; Anesthesia; Surgical Procedures, Operative

Specialty: Anesthesiology; Geriatrics

Abstract: Surgical and anesthetic techniques have evolved to allow a growing number of older adults to undergo surgery, and current estimates are that 50% of Americans over the age of 65 years old will have an operation. However, as the knowledge regarding perioperative care of the elderly surgical patient grows, so do the questions. In this edition, each chapter includes a section entitled "Gaps in Our Knowledge," meant to highlight areas in which research is needed, as well as hopefully inspire readers to begin solving some of these questions themselves. Building upon the strong foundation of the first two editions, Geriatric Anesthesiology, 3rd edition also assembles the most up-to-date information in geriatric anesthesia and provides anesthesiologists with important new developments.Topics covered include several new chapters that reflect the evolution of multidisciplinary geriatric care throughout the perioperative continuum, as well as the growing body of literature related to prehabilitation. In addition, discussion of the surgeon's perspective and geriatrician's perspective on surgery in the geriatric population is covered, as well as the systematic physiologic changes associated with aging and the pharmacologic considerations for the geriatric patient undergoing procedures. Finally, the last section discusses postoperative care specific to the geriatric population, including acute pain management, ICU management, recent evidence and up-to-date practice regarding delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction, and palliative care. .

Contents: Part I—Fundamentals -- Ch. 1: Geriatric Anesthesiology: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? -- Ch. 2: Theories and mechanisms of aging -- Ch. 3: Ethical and Legal Issues of Geriatrics -- Ch. 4: Basic Preoperative Evaluation and Preoperative Management of the Older Patient -- Ch. 5: The Perioperative Surgical Home for the Geriatric Population -- Ch. 6: Improving perioperative functional capacity. A case for prehabilitation -- Ch. 7: Care of the Geriatric Surgery Patient - The Surgeon's Perspective -- Ch. 8: The Geriatrician's Perspective on Surgery in the Geriatric Population -- Ch. 9: Medicare, Administrative and Financial Matters in Caring for Geriatric Patients -- Part II - System Changes -- Ch. 10: Geriatric Anesthesia: Age-dependent Changes in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems -- Ch. 11: Cardiovascular System -- Ch. 12: The Aging Respiratory System: Strategies to Minimize Postoperative Pulmonary Complications -- Ch. 13: Renal, Metabolic and Endocrine Aging -- Ch. 14: Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems -- Ch. 15: Perioperative Thermoregulation in the Elderly -- Part III—Pharmacology -- Ch. 16: Inhalational Anesthetics -- Ch. 17: Intravenous Sedatives and Anesthetics -- Ch. 18: The Pharmacology of Intravenous Opioids -- Ch. 19: Local Anesthetics and Regional Anesthesia -- Ch. 20: Neuromuscular Blocking and Reversal Agents -- Ch. 21: Anesthetic Implications of Chronic Medication Use -- Part IV - Special Concerns -- Ch. 22: Anesthesia for Common Non-Operating Room Procedures in the Geriatric Patient -- Ch. 23: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Procedures -- Ch. 24: Perioperative Management of Pacemakers and Internal Cardioverter-Defibrillators -- Ch. 25: Special concerns of intraoperative management in orthopedic procedures -- Ch. 26: Geriatric Trauma and Emergent/Urgent Surgery -- Ch. 27: Perioperative Care of the Elderly Cancer Patient -- Part V - Postoperative Care -- Ch. 28: Pain Management -- Ch. 29: ICU Management -- Ch. 30: Postoperative Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Patients -- Ch. 31: Palliative Care for the Anesthesia Provider.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Front Line Surgery : A Practical Approach

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Matthew J. Martin,, Alec C. Beekley,, Matthew J. Eckert, editors. (Second edition) --Cham: Springer , 2017.

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The second edition of Front Line Surgery expands upon the success of the first edition, providing updated discussion of practical management of commonly encountered combat injuries.This edition reflects the cutting edge of combat casualty care, refined principles of surgical management of specific injury patterns, and incorporation of the spectrum of recent research advancements in trauma care. Each chapter continues to follow the same organization as the first edition. The "BLUF", or bottom li…

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Other Authors: Martin,, Matthew J; Beekley,, Alec C; Eckert, Matthew J

Responsibility: Matthew J. Martin,, Alec C. Beekley,, Matthew J. Eckert, editors

Edition: Second edition

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: 2017

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 909 pages) : 381 illus., 264 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319567808; 9783319567792 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Military Medicine - methods; Military Personnel; Surgical Procedures, Operative - methods; Warfare; Wounds and Injuries - surgery

Abstract: The second edition of Front Line Surgery expands upon the success of the first edition, providing updated discussion of practical management of commonly encountered combat injuries.This edition reflects the cutting edge of combat casualty care, refined principles of surgical management of specific injury patterns, and incorporation of the spectrum of recent research advancements in trauma care. Each chapter continues to follow the same organization as the first edition. The "BLUF", or bottom line up front, headlines each topic, providing the critical pearls for the reader, followed by a focused and straight forward discussion of management, pitfalls, and recommendations. In addition, select chapters conclude with a section discussing the application of this topic in civilian practice, as potentially encountered by the rural or humanitarian relief surgeon. Additional new topics include: REBOA and endovascular techniques for hemorrhage control, updates in transfusion and resuscitation practice, active shooter situations, rural trauma management in developed nations, advancements in prehospital care and the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) course, and discussion of the newest generations of topical hemostatic agents and tourniquets. These additions serve to both enhance the breadth and depth of the material relevant to military surgeons, but should also further expand the applicability and interest in this work to all civilian trauma surgeons.

Contents: Part I: Before the Operating Room -- Tactical Combat Casualty Care -- Combat Triage and Mass Casualty Management -- Initial Management Priorities: Beyond ABCDE -- Damage Control Resuscitation -- To Operate or Image? (Pulling the Trigger) -- Ultrasound in Combat Trauma -- Part II: To the Operating Room -- The Bowel: Contamination, Colostomies, and Combat Surgery -- Liver and Spleen Injury Management in Combat -- Pancreatic and Duodenal Injuries (Don't Mess with the...) -- Operative Management of Renal Injuries -- Major Abdominal Vascular Trauma -- To Close or Not to Close: Managing the Open Abdomen -- Dismounted Complex Blast Injury Management -- Thoracic Approaches and Incisions -- Lung Injuries in Combat -- Diagnosis and Management of Penetrating Cardiac Injury -- Thoracic Vascular Injuries: Operative Management in "Enemy" Territory -- Chest Wall and Diaphragm Injury -- Soft Tissue Wounds and Fasciotomies -- Extremity Fractures and the Mangled Extremity -- Traumatic Amputations -- Peripheral Vascular Injuries -- The Neck -- Genitourinary Injuries (Excluding Kidney) -- Neurosurgery for Dummies -- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurocritical Care -- Spine Injuries -- Face and Head (Non-Ocular) Injury -- Managing Eye Trauma in the Combat Environment -- Burn Care in the Deployed Setting -- The Pediatric Patient in Wartime -- Part III: Postoperative Principles and Miscellaneous Topics -- The Combat Hospital ICU -- Postoperative Resuscitation -- TEG/ROTEM Driven Resuscitation in Trauma -- Monitoring -- Ventilator Management: A Practical Approach to Respiratory Failure in Combat -- Practical Approach to Combat-Related Infections and Antibiotics -- Patient Transfer, En-route Care, and Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) -- The Homefront: Role 4 and 5 Care -- Active Shooter and Intentional Mass Casualty Events -- Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC): Principles and Practice -- Humanitarian and Local National Care -- Expectant and End of Life Care in a Combat Zone -- Trauma System Development and the Joint Trauma System -- The Next Generation of Hemorrhage Therapy -- Resident Readiness and Training the Surgeon for Battlefield Care -- The Deployed Advanced Care Provider -- Military Civilian Collaboration for National Preparedness During Peace and War -- Battlefield Resuscitation of the Future -- Non-Conventional Forward Surgical Elements -- Appendix A. Improvise, Adapt, Overcome: Field Expedient Methods in a Forward Environment -- Appendix B. Burn Charts and Orders -- Appendix C. Resources, References, and Readiness -- Appendix D. CBNRE Primer for Surgeons.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Our encounters with suicide

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Grant, Alec. --Herefordshire, UK: PCCS Books , 2013.

Call Number: WM 165 G761o 2013

Location: Nova Scotia Hospital

Call Number: WM 165 G761o 2013

Author: Grant, Alec

Other Authors: Haire, Judith; Biley, Fran; Stone, Brendan

Place of Publication: Herefordshire, UK

Publisher: PCCS Books

Date of Publication: 2013

Physical Description: 207 p.

ISBN: 9781906254629

Subjects (MeSH): Mental health; Suicide; Behavior

Format: Book

Location: Nova Scotia Hospital

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Airway management in emergencies

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Kovacs, George. (2nd ed.) --Shelton, CT: People's Medical Publishing House-USA , 2011.

Call Number: WF 145 K88a 2011

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Call Number: WF 145 K88a 2011

Author: Kovacs, George

Other Authors: Law, J. Adam

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Shelton, CT

Publisher: People's Medical Publishing House-USA

Date of Publication: 2011

Physical Description: 454 p.

ISBN: 9781607951049

Subjects (MeSH): Airway Obstruction - therapy; Intubation, Intratracheal - methods; Emergencies

Contents: Definitive airway management : when is tracheal intubation needed? / George Kovacs, Sam Campbell, and J. Adam Law -- Airway physiology and anatomy / J. Adam Law and John Tallon -- Oxygen delivery devices and bag-mask ventilation / George Kovacs and J. Adam Law -- Intubation by direct laryngoscopy / J. Adam Law and George Kovacs -- Alternative intubation techniques / J. Adam Law and George kovacs -- Rescue oxygenation / J. Adam Law and George Kovacs -- How to do awake tracheal intubations-oral and nasal / J. Adam Law and Ian Morris -- Rapid-sequence intubation / George Kovacs and John Ross -- Postintubation management / George Kovacs and Rob Green -- Approach to tracheal intubation / George Kovacs and J. Adam Law -- Response to an encountered difficult airway / J. Adam Law and George Kovacs -- Airway pharmacology / Kirk Macquarrie and Peter Zed -- Airway management in trauma and the traumatized airway / Mark Vu ... [et al.] -- Central nervous system emergencies and airway management in the suspected C-spine injured patient / J. Adam Law, Kirk Macquarrie, and James Thompson -- Cardiovascular emergencies / George Kovacs and Alec Ritchie -- Respiratory emergencies -- Laura Duggan and George Kovacs -- The critically ill patient / George Kovacs and Rob Green -- Airway management of the infant / Laura Duggan, Christian Soder, and Narasimhan Jagannathan -- Other medical conditions with airway management implications / Paul Linden and Turki Al Harbi -- Prehospital airway management / David Petrie, John Tallon, and George Kovacs -- Prehospital airway management : clinical considerations / George Kovacs ... [et al.] -- Human factors in airway management / Patrick Croskerry, J. Adam Law, and George Kovacs.

Format: Book

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Our encounters with madness

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edited by Alec Grant, Fran Biley, Hannah Walker. --Herefordshire, UK: PCCS Books , c2011.

Call Number: WM 165 G761o 2011

Location: Nova Scotia Hospital

A collection of mental health service user, carer and psychiatric survivor narratives. Unusually, the narratives are unmediated hence there are no biomedical or psychotherapeutic commentaries to capture, tame or sanitise the words of these the experts by experience. Of interest to students of mental health, particularly those interested in first person experience.

Call Number: WM 165 G761o 2011

Other Authors: Grant, Alec; Biley, Francis C.; Walker, Hannah

Responsibility: edited by Alec Grant, Fran Biley, Hannah Walker

Place of Publication: Herefordshire, UK

Publisher: PCCS Books

Date of Publication: c2011

Physical Description: x, 246 p.

ISBN: 9781906254384; 1906254389

Subjects (MeSH): Caregivers - psychology; Mentally Ill Persons - psychology

Abstract: A collection of mental health service user, carer and psychiatric survivor narratives. Unusually, the narratives are unmediated hence there are no biomedical or psychotherapeutic commentaries to capture, tame or sanitise the words of these the experts by experience. Of interest to students of mental health, particularly those interested in first person experience.