Anaesthesia, pain, intensive care and emergency A.P.I.C.E.: proceedings of the 22st postgraduate course in critical medicine: Venice-Mestre, Italy - November 9-11, 2007

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Organization of the Rapid Response System....Pages 3-8
Transoesophageal Echocardiography: Clinical Assessment, Techniques and Procedures in Critical Care and ICU....Pages 9-22
Use of Pulse Oximeter Waveform as a Non Invasive Functional Haemodynamic Monitoring Technique....Pages 23-28
Continuous Monitoring of Organ Chemistry — a Paradigm Shift in Management of Intensive Care....Pages 29-44
General Anaesthesia and the Developing Brain....Pages 45-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Airway Management: The Essentials....Pages 53-61
Best Method to Establish the Grade of Difficult Airway. Clinical Assessment, Techniques and Procedures in Critical Care and ICU....Pages 63-70
Out-Of-Hospital Airway Management: Knowledge and Equipment....Pages 71-79
Practical Aspects for Managing Extubation of the Difficult Airway....Pages 81-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Head Injury Treatment in 2007....Pages 95-110
Penetrating Injuries to the Neck: Operation, Observation or Angiointervention....Pages 111-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Clinical Decision Making in Obstetric Patients....Pages 131-144
Organization of Obstetric Services....Pages 145-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Clinical Decision Making in Paediatric Anaesthesia....Pages 157-161
Perioperative Care in Paediatrics: Organization....Pages 163-173
Techniques and Drugs in Paediatrics: TIVA and TCI....Pages 175-183
Depth of Anaesthesia Monitoring in Children....Pages 185-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
New Aspects of Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Research: From Clinically Relevant Animal Models to Cells....Pages 197-211
Warning Symptoms of Sudden Cardiac Death....Pages 213-218
Vasopressors During Cardiac Arrest....Pages 219-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Candida Infection in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 229-239
Predisposition to Sepsis....Pages 241-254
SOFA Score: A Keystone for Grading Multiple Organ Dysfunction....Pages 255-260
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Operating Theatres: Organization, Costs and Audit....Pages 263-268
Use and Misuse of Preoperative Cardiac Testing for Noncardiac Surgery....Pages 269-278
Perioperative Beta-Blockade: Myths and Realities....Pages 279-289
Management of Hypoxia During One Lung Ventilation....Pages 291-298
Regional Anaesthesia for Thoracic Surgery....Pages 299-304
Why the Obese Patient is at Risk for Perioperative Complications....Pages 305-312
Perioperative Care in Neurosurgery — Intraoperative Monitoring....Pages 313-323
Incidents Provoked Specifically by Certain Drugs Used in Anaesthesia....Pages 325-331
Side Effects Induced by Anaesthetic Manipulation or by Surgical Operation....Pages 333-341
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Quality Management in the ICU: Understanding the Process and Improving the Art....Pages 345-404
Back Matter....Pages 405-423