Anesthesia Informatics
Anesthesia Informatics

Author: Jerry Stonemetz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-11-05

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 0387764186

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The ability to interface patient monitors directly to a computer, and generate a clinical record has existed for over 20 years. However, the acceptance of comprehensive electronic medical records in anesthesia has been slow to develop. Experts anticipate this reluctance is changing because of enhanced patient care through the use of detailed health information record systems. Anesthesia Informatics provides the health informatician and administrator with a comprehensive overview of this blossoming technology. With contributions from leaders in the field, this user-friendly guide addresses how this technology has enhanced both the need for and the ability to collect and apply data in an acute care setting. It also offers invaluable insight on the business implications and the rationales required to make a purchase decision. Each section outlines need to know information to help the reader with the implementation and utilization of an Anesthesia Information Management System. Useful case scenarios focus on the ideal components (anesthesia record, business rationale, communication, collaboration, and training) of a fully automated record-keeping system.

Advances in Anesthesia 2019
Advances in Anesthesia 2019

Author: Thomas M. McLoughlin

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0323697321

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Advances in Anesthesia highlights the year's significant medical advances, providing one source to review the essential information updates for the Anesthesiologist in that year. The distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Thomas McLoughlin, includes Drs. Richard Dutton, Laurence Torsher, and Francis Salinas. The board has assembled a first-rate volume for 2019."

Information Technology Applied to Anesthesiology, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics
Information Technology Applied to Anesthesiology, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

Author: Kevin K. Tremper

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2011-09-28

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1455712388

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This cutting-edge issue of Anesthesiology Clinics is divided into two sections. The first covers topics in perioperative clinical information systems (IS), including the following. The anatomy of an anesthesia information management system; vendor and market landscape; impact of lexicons on adoption of an IS; clinical research using an IS, real-time alerts and reminders using an IS; shortcomings and challenges of IS adoption; creating a real return-on-investment for IS implementation (life after HITECH); Quality improvement using automated data sources and reporting; and opportunities and challenges of implementing an enterprise IS in the OR. Section 2 is devoted to computers and covers the following topics. Advanced integrated real-time clinical displays; enhancing point-of-care vigilance using computers; and computers in perioperative simulation and education.

Methods, Models, and Computation for Medical Informatics
Methods, Models, and Computation for Medical Informatics

Author: Gangopadhyay, Aryya

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2012-12-31

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1466626844

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Regular developments in technology continue to influence the medical and healthcare fields as they interact with information and computer sciences by methods of acquisition and the storage and retrieval of information. Methods, Models, and Computation for Medical Informatics is a comprehensive collection of research on computational capabilities, prototypes, and algorithms, as well as application in the areas of nursing, clinical care, public health, biomedical research, and much more. This book provides a better understanding of the models and methods used in the field of medicine for researchers, practitioners, and medical professionals alike.

Pocket Anesthesia
Pocket Anesthesia

Author: Richard D. Urman

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2012-10-22

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1451173245

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Designed for easy transport and quick reference, Pocket Anesthesia, presents essential information that residents, anesthesiologists, CRNAs, and medical students need on the wards and in the operating room. Edited by anesthesia faculty at Harvard Medical School, this pocket-size reference is ideally suited for today's fast-paced anesthesia environment--it is concise, easy to read, and evidence-based. Essential information is presented in a well-organized schematic outline format with many tables, algorithms, and diagrams. The book is filled with must-know facts about drugs, frequent intraoperative problems, differential diagnosis, common disease states, patient evaluation, and anesthetic considerations for each subspecialty. New to the revised, second edition, is the inclusion of ultraound-guided regional anesthesia procedures.

Anesthesia Student Survival Guide
Anesthesia Student Survival Guide

Author: Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-03-10

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 0387097090

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Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach is an indispensable introduction to the specialty. This concise, easy-to-read, affordable handbook is ideal for medical students, nursing students, and others during the anesthesia rotation. Written in a structured prose format and supplemented with many diagrams, tables, and algorithms, this pocket-sized guide contains essential material covered on the USMLE II-III and other licensing exams. The editors, who are academic faculty at Harvard Medical School, summarize the essential content with 32 informative and compelling case studies designed to help students apply new concepts to real situations. Pharmacology, basic skills, common procedures and anesthesia subspecialties are covered, too, with just the right amount of detail for an introductory text. The unique book also offers a section containing career advice and insider tips on how to receive good evaluations from supervising physicians. With its combination of astute clinical instruction, basic science explanation, and practical tips from physicians that have been there before, this handbook is your one-stop guide to a successful anesthesia rotation.

A Visual Guide to Anesthesia Procedures
A Visual Guide to Anesthesia Procedures

Author: Larry F. Chu

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1451180721

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This manual visually portrays the most common procedures in anesthesiology and provides simple, effective direction at the point of care. Pocket sized, spiral bound, and laminated, it was created to be carried and used on the floor and in the operating room. Coverage includes insertion of peripheral IV, standard induction of general anesthesia, mask ventilation, laryngeal mask airway insertion, endotracheal intubation, awake fiber optic intubation, insertion of left-sided DLT, wire cricothyroidotomy, radial artery catheterization, central venous catheterization, spinal anesthesia, and lumbar epidural placement.

A Visual Guide to Regional Anesthesia
A Visual Guide to Regional Anesthesia

Author: Larry F. Chu

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2011-12-28

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1451180667

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This manual visually demonstrates the most common regional blocks in anesthesiology and provides simple, effective direction at the point of care. Pocket sized, spiral bound, and laminated, it was created to be carried and used on the floor and in the operating room. The first section focuses on the upper extremity, including ultrasound-guided interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, and axillary blocks and ultrasound-guided distal upper extremity. The second section covers the lower extremity, including ultrasound-guided subgluteal sciatic, popliteal, lumbar plexus, femoral nerve, and ankle blocks. The third section covers truncal blocks, including ultrasound-guided TAP and paravertebral blocks. Also included are guidelines on regional anesthesia in the anticoagulated patient.

Medication Safety during Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period
Medication Safety during Anesthesia and the Perioperative Period

Author: Alan Merry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-04-07

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1009031163

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With medication errors in healthcare an internationally recognised problem, this much-needed book delivers a comprehensive approach to understanding medication safety in the perioperative period. It reviews what medication adverse events are, and how often and where these errors occur, as well as exploring human cognitive psychology and explaining why things can go wrong at any time in a complex system. Detailed discussions around mistakes, judgement errors, slips and lapses, and violations, are presented alongside real-life examples of the indistinct line between negligence and inevitable error. The co-authors bring a wide and practical perspective to the theories and interventions that are available to improve medication safety, including legal and regulatory actions that further or impede safety. Essential reading for anesthesiologists, nurses, pharmacists and other perioperative team members committed to improving medication safety for their patients, and also an invaluable resource for those who fund, manage and regulate healthcare.