POSITIONING IN ANESTHESIA & SURGERY 2ª ED.

Here's the fully updated and revised edition of the most comprehensive core reference and technique manual available for the management of patient positioning during anesthesia and surgery. Separate chapters cover the physiology, the technique, and the possible complications of each position. Specific problems and subgroups of patients also receive full-chapter coverage Addresses the hows and whys of patient positioning from both the surgical and anesthetic points of view. Contents include physiologic changes, vascular injuries to the spinal cord, and mechanisms of air embolism relative to neurosurgery. Also covers pediatric positioning, problems with the pregnant patient for non-obstetric procedures as well as delivery, obese patients, multiple-trauma patients, and complications. Sect. I General Considerations 1 Ch. 1 Introduction 3 Ch. 2 General Principles of Safe Positioning 5 Ch. 3 Operating Tables and Their Attachments 13 Ch. 4 Physiologic Changes Associated with the Supine Position 27 Sect. II Dorsal Decubitus Positions 37 Ch. 5 Supine Positions 39 Ch. 6 Lithotomy Positions 47 Ch. 7 The Head-Elevated Positions 71 Ch. 8 Head-Down Tilt 95 Sect. III Lateral Decubitus Positions 125 Ch. 9 Lateral Positions 127 Sect. IV Ventral Decubitus Positions 153 Ch. 10 The Ventral Decubitus Prone Positions 155 Sect. V Special Considerations 197 Ch. 11 Positioning the Extremities 199 Ch. 12 Positioning the Head and Neck 223 Sect. VI Patient Categories 235 Ch. 13 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy 237 Ch. 14 Pathologic Obesity 243 Ch. 15 Pediatrics 251 Ch. 16 Obstetrics 267 Ch. 17 Geriatrics 281 Sect. VII Potential Complications 287 Ch. 18 The Central Nervous System 289 Ch. 19 Peripheral Nervous System 299 Ch. 20 Postanesthesia Care Unit Evaluation 319 Ch. 21 Medicolegal Considerations 329 Index 335