Key Features

• Presents must-know information on standards, techniques, and the latest advances in pediatric anesthesia from global experts in the field.
• Contains thoroughly updated content throughout, with new contributors to lend a fresh perspective, updated figures and tables, and the latest information on perioperative fluid management, pharmacology, interventional devices, resuscitation, and more.
• Covers key topics such as anesthetizing children with cancer, neonatal and pediatric emergencies, the obese child and bariatric surgery, interventional devices for children with congenital heart defects, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, simulation in pediatric anesthesia, patient safety and quality assurance, and more.
• Features an extensive video library of pediatric anesthesia procedures, particularly difficult airway management strategies, new positioning devices, cardiac assist devices in action, management of burn injuries, how to perform ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia blocks and techniques, and much more.
• Essentials chapters provide focused input from expert subspecialty pediatricians who share the latest information concerning hematology, pulmonology, oncology, hepatology, nephrology, and neurology.
• Includes a laminated pocket reference guide with essential, practical information, and key references at the end of each chapter that provide a quick summary for review. An extended online version is available in the app (“Pedi Anesth; Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland District Health Board, NZ).