Spinal Cord Injuries
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Spinal Cord Injuries

Anaesthetic and Associated Care

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Spinal Cord Injuries

Anaesthetic and Associated Care

About this book

Spinal Cord Injuries aims to provide information on the problems associated with the treatment and management of patients with spinal cord injuries and guidance on the appropriate methods of treatment. It also highlights the growing role of anesthetists as vital members of the medical teams in accident and emergency and trauma units, in the intensive care environment and in the relief of pain.This book is organized into 13 chapters. The first two chapters deal with the pathophysiology and initial care for spinal cord injury patients. The succeeding chapters discuss the emergency room care, anesthetic management, intensive care management, chronic care, and nursing care for spinal cord injuries. The final two chapters are about trend in spinal cord injury research and the legal and moral issues associated with the treatments of spinal cord injuries.This book will be of interest to anesthetists and other medical professionals dealing with spinal cord injuries.

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Yes, you can access Spinal Cord Injuries by J.D. Alderson,Elizabeth A.M. Frost in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Anesthesiology & Pain Management. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Spinal Cord Injuries
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Foreword
  7. Contributors
  8. Chapter 1. Pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury
  9. Chapter 2. Initial care of spinal cord injury
  10. Chapter 3. Emergency room care of the patient with spinal cord injury
  11. Chapter 4. Anaesthetic management of acute spinal cord injury
  12. Chapter 5. Associated injuries
  13. Chapter 6. Intensive care management of spinal cord injury
  14. Chapter 7. Anaesthetic care for spinal injuries: parenteral nutrition
  15. Chapter 8. Chronic care of spinal cord injury
  16. Chapter 9. Nursing care of spinal cord injuries
  17. Chapter 10. Assessment and management of the patient with spinal cord injury and pain
  18. Chapter 11. Anaesthesia for non-traumatic spinal disease
  19. Chapter 12. Trends in spinal cord injury research
  20. Chapter 13. Moral and legal issues in the treatment of patients with spinal cord injuries
  21. Index