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Experience the current, extensive, and evidence-based cardiac anesthesia in Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative and critical care management, 8th edition. This practical guide is composed of experts in cardiac anesthesiology who have a wealth of experience that provides important information that facilitates the optimization of perioperative outcomes, the minimization of complications, and the safety of the patient. Dr. Joel A. Kaplan’s team of dedicated associates presents the most recent clinical issues, including a expanded focus on critical care, a more advanced perioperative evaluation and management, state-of-the-art diagnostic methods, and extensive coverage of cardiovascular and coronary physiology.

Comprehensive coverage of the contemporary practice of cardiothoracic anesthesia is provided, this includes preoperative assessment, physiology, pharmacology, monitoring, transesophageal echocardiography, coagulation, specific cardiac procedures, extracorporeal circulation, postoperative pain management, and complex patient care with regards to cardiac disease.

Includes more extensive coverage of critical care topics, this is reflective of the increased importance of anesthesiologists in providing postoperative care in the ICU.

Additions new sections on Structural Disease of the heart, the effects of COVID-19 on cardiorespiration, critical care ultrasound, and the management of patients in intensive care.

Over 900 full-color illustrations, decision trees, graphs, and charts (including one-third of new content) that are intended to help visualize complex concepts.

Access to over 120 videos, including a variety of echocardiography short films, increases the learning and understanding.

Presents information that is both balanced and reliable regarding all aspects of anesthetic management for cardiac surgery, as well as cardiology procedures that are performed in laboratories that have catheters and an electric heart.

Highlights the necessity of perioperative care for cardiac devices, such as cardiac electrodes and ventricular assist devices.

Includes a digital version that allows users to access the entire text, figures, and references, with features like searchability, content customization, note taking, highlighting, and the ability to read content aloud.

Purchaser ‏: ‎ Elsevier; 8th edition (15 October 2023)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

eBook digital: 1200 pages.

ISBN-13 ‏: ‎ 0323829268

ISBN-13 ‏: ‎ 978-0323829243