Anesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease

Anesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease provides a state of the art summary of the many changes occurring in this rapidly evolving field over the last decade and will prove to be invaluable to pediatric anesthesiologists and cardiac anesthesiologists alike All the chapters are written by leaders in the field of congenital cardiac anesthesia, who perform large numbers of cases clinically, and contribute important knowledge to the research literature, both clinical and basic science. A wide range of contributors from all of the major congenital heart surgery programs in North America give a broad range of perspectives not seen in previous texts in this field. Anesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease is the most comprehensive, detailed and specific, from the perspective of multiple institutions in its field. There are new chapters on subjects that have never before been addressed in a textbook of pediatric cardiac anesthesia including cardiac catheterization laboratory anesthesia, computers and technology, neurologic monitoring, bleeding and coagulation, approach to the teenager and adult, approach to the premature newborn, the inflammatory response, regional anesthesia and pain management, airway and ventilatory management, dysrhythmia management, non-cardiac surgery and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; and research, teaching and administration. Emphasis on new and emerging developments in anesthetic drugs and techniques occurs in each chapter.