Practical Trends in Anesthesia and Intensive Care 2022

This book offers an essential guide to managing the most-debated hot topics of practical interest in anesthesia and intensive care. It reviews the state of the art in issues concerning both intensive care medicine and anesthesia.

Written by leading experts and including updated references, it provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow update on anesthesia and intensive care. The book clearly explains complex topics, offering practicing clinicians valuable insights into the latest recommendations and evidence in the field while, at the same time, making it a vital resource for students new to the fields of anesthesia and intensive care.

Part I. Anesthesia.- TIVA and TCA in modern anaesthesia.- Normothermia in Anaesthesia: What Impact on Quality and Safety of Care.- Antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery: update 2022.- Safety in the operating room.- The patient blood management.- Monitoring of sedation and sleep in intensive care unit.- Anaesthesia in robotic surgery.- Pre-anesthesia evaluation and risk assessment in adult patients candidate for non-cardiac surgery.- Part II. Critical Care Medicine.- Purification techniques.- Sepsis from SARS-COV2 infection (COVID-19): Pathophysiology and clinic of SARS-COV2 infection and sepsis.- Nutrition therapy in critically ill patients.- Patient ventilator interaction in the patient with ARDS.- End of life in intensive care.- Point of care ultra-sound (POCUS) in pediatric age: update.- Prehospital and early intrahospital management of trauma.

Prof. Davide Chiumello, MD, is Chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, Milan, Italy. Prof. Chiumello’s research has largely focused on understanding the pathological and clinical aspects of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), with a particular focus on respiratory physiology, esophageal pressure, lung recruitment, lung imaging, ventilator-induced lung injury, prone position, controlled and assisted mechanical ventilation, and non-invasive ventilation. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Minerva Anestesiologica (the official journal of the Società Italiana di Analgesia, Anestesia e Terapia Intensiva) until 2015. He currently serves on the editorial board of Critical Care Medicine (the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine). He is also a reviewer for a number of international journals and Editor of the E-learning committee on Respiratory Failure for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Prof. Chiumello is also the author of more than 250 scientific articles and several chapters in medical textbooks.