Perioperative Medicine in Pediatric Anesthesia

Marinella Astuto is Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Director of the School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Catania, Italy. She has conducted research in anesthesiology since 1980 and has collaborated with various national and international centers. Dr. Astuto is current President of the Italian Society for Neonatal and Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SARNePI) and is a member of different study groups of the Italian Society for Anesthesia, Analgesics, and Intensive Care (SIAARTI).She has edited two previous Springer books, Basics: Anesthesia Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children (2009) and Pediatric Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain: Standardization in Clinical Practice (2013) and in total has more than 150 publications to her name, including numerous original articles and book chapters. Pablo Mauricio Ingelmo is Assistant Professor at the McGill University, Director of Continuous Medical Education of the Department of Anesthesia and Director of the Chronic Pain Service at Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada. Dr. Ingelmo completed his medical degree at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and at the Universita degli Study di Milano. He specialized in anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain treatment at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Milano-Bicocca University in Italy. He was assistant professor of Anesthesia at the University of Buenos Aires and at the Milano-Bicocca University. Italy. McGill University. He was director of the acute pain program at  the National Pediatric Hospital Dr. Pedro E Garrahan. Buenos Aires. Argentina and Director of Pediatric anesthesia and Pain treatment Service. San Gerardo Hospital. Monza. Italy. Dr. Ingelmo is a member of the Italian Society for Neonatal and Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SARNePI) study group on preoperative evaluation and of the SARNePI executive board. He is the author of many journal articles and of six book in pediatric anesthesia.

Introduction.- Perioperative medicine and anesthesia.- PART I Perioperative care before surgery.- Preoperative evaluation.- Preoperative preparation.- Prehospital care and transport.- PART II Perioperative care during surgery.- Perioperative care in day hospital surgery.- Perioperative care in remote locations.- Perioperative care in orthopedic surgery.- Perioperative care of the neurosurgical patient.- Perioperative care in thoracic surgery.- Perioperative care in abdominal and urological surgery.- PART III Perioperative care in special situations and conditions.- Perioperative care of children with difficult airway.- Perioperative care of children with neuromuscular disease.- Perioperative care of children with metabolic disease.- Perioperative care in children with congenital heart disease.- Perioperative care of children with OSA.- Perioperative care of children with trauma.- Perioperative care of children with cancer.- Perioperative care of children with cerebral palsy and behavioural problems.- PART IV Important techniques for perioperative care.- Vascular and nonvascular access in the perioperative period.- US-guided nerve targets.- Noninvasive hemodynamic and respiratory monitoring during the perioperative period.- PART V. Early and long term consequences of anesthesia and surgery.- Negative behavior after surgery.- Acute pain prevention and control.- How to protect the infant brain during surgery .- Can anesthesia induce apoptosis in children?- Long-term consequences of anesthesia and surgery on the infant brain.- Prevention of chronic postsurgical pain.

"It should be considered 'one stop shopping' for information on the perioperative management of pediatric surgical patients. Each chapter is short and succinct but provides the essential information in handbook style. ... An additional highlight of this book is the comprehensive index, which is very well organized and allows the reader to easily locate the subject of interest. Throughout the book, information is presented in a manner appropriate for both trainee and seasoned clinician." (Lynne R. Ferrari, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 123 (4), October, 2016)

"The writing is clear and easy to understand. The book can readily be used and understood by students, faculty, residents, and fellows. The book is divided into three major sections that correspond to the traditional divisions of surgical care: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative." (Robert M. Arensman, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2016)