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Antonino GulloFull Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive CareDirector, Postgraduate School of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Catania University HospitalVery active in the field of anesthesiology and emergency medicine, he has good international contacts - i.e., WFSA, WFCCSIM. Organizer of the yearly congress APICE, he is editor/author of many Springer volumes. The most recent are:Gullo: APICE 21 (978-88-470-0570-9,2006)Gullo/Lumb: Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (978-88-470-0349-1. 2005) (Springer India plans a reprint of 1400 copies)In the series:Van Saene et al: Infections in the ICU (978-88-470-0185-5, 2005) (already reprinted in India)Marinella AstutoAssociate Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive CareDirector, Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care SectionCatania University HospitalIda SalvoDepartment of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care"V. Buozzi" Hospital, Milan(coeditor of Anesthesia in Neonates and Children (978-88-470-0043-8, 1999)

Marinella Astuto 3
Foreword 6
Preface 7
Table of Contents 8
List of Contributors 10
List of Abbreviations 13
Part I Highlights 16
Chapter 1 Anatomy and Physiology in Neonates and Children 17
Chapter 2 Strategy to Manage Pediatric Patients: the Family and the Child 24
Chapter 3 Off-Label Drugs in Pediatric Perioperative Medicine 31
Part II Guidelines and Standardization of Procedures 40
Chapter 4 The Pediatric Difficult Airway 41
Chapter 5 Central Venous Cannulation Techniques 59
Chapter 6 Prevention of Bloodstream Infections 70
Part III Perioperative Medicine, Intensive Care, Pain 77
Chapter 7 Preoperative Evaluation 78
Chapter 8 Anesthesia Induction 92
Chapter 9 Monitoring the Level of Anesthesia and Sedation in Children – An Overview 107
Chapter 10 Locoregional Anesthesia in Children 118
Chapter 11 Perioperative Fluid Management 139
Chapter 12 Adrenal Insufficiency in Pediatric Critical Illness 154
Chapter 13 Perioperative Care in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery 163
Chapter 14 Acute Pain Service: Clinical Assessment and Standard of Care 175
Chapter 15 Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room 187
Chapter 16 Tracheotomy in Children 198
Chapter 17 Infection Control in Neonates and Children 215
Chapter 18 Pediatric Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit 231
Chapter 19 Chronic Pain Management: Organization, Techniques and Guidelines 241
Subject Index 254