Clinical Fluid Therapy in the Perioperative Setting

Robert G. Hahn is Head of Research at Södertälje Hospital and Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. He is also Associate Professor at the Karolinksa Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Crystalloid fluids Robert G. Hahn; 2. Colloid fluids Robert G. Hahn; 3. Rules of thumb Hengo Haljamäe; 4. Intra-abdominal surgery Yifat Klein and Idit Matot; 5. Spinal anesthesia Michael F. M. James and Robert A. Dyer; 6. Geriatric, obstetric and pulmonary surgery Kathrine Holte; 7. Day surgery Jan Jakobson; 8. Pediatrics Isabelle Murat; 9. Hypertonic fluids Eileen M. Bulger; 10. Invasive hemodynamic monitoring Philip E. Greilich and William E. Johnston; 11. Goal-directed fluid therapy Timothy E. Miller and Tong J. Gan; 12. Non-invasive guidance of fluid therapy Maxime Cannesson; 13. Hemodilution Philippe van der Linden; 14. Microvascular fluid exchange Per-Olof Grände and Johan Persson; 15. Body volumes and fluid kinetics Robert G. Hahn; 16. Adverse reactions Hengo Haljamäe; 17. Irrigating fluids Robert G. Hahn; 18. Severe sepsis and septic shock Palle Toft and Else Tønnesen; 19. Hypovolemic shock Niels H. Secher and Johannes J. van Lieshout; 20. Uncontrolled hemorrhage Richard P. Dutton; 21. Fluids or blood products? Oliver Habler; Index.