ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT IN PEDIATRIC GENERAL SURGERY. EVOLVING AND CURRENT CONCEPTS

1. Peripheral Vascular Access in Children – Current Concepts
2. Central Venous Access in Children – Recent Trends
3. Neonatal Anesthesia with Emphasis on Newborn Physiology and Airway Management
4. CHD Patients for Non-cardiac Surgery
5. Anesthetic Considerations in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension
6. Non-Operating Room Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgical Procedures
7. Surgical Site Infections (SSI) – Prophylaxis and Management
8. Minimally Invasive Versus Open Surgical Approaches in Children: Pros/Cons
9. New Trends in Managing Anesthesia in Infants with Pyloric Stenosis
10. Anesthetic Concerns in Open Versus Closed Repair of TEF (Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula) in Neonates
11. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: NICU and Perioperative Management
12. Pain Management Strategies After Minimally Invasive Pectus Repair in Children
13. Per- Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Children with Achalasia
14. Median Arcuate Ligament Release in Patients with POTS
15. Anesthetic and Surgical Dilemmas During Repair of Congenital Abdominal Wall Defects – Gastroschisis/Omphalocele in Newborns
16. Perioperative Anesthetic Considerations in the Management of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) in Newborns and Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) in Infants
17. Perioperative Preparation, Anesthetic and Surgical Approach to Children with Wilms Tumor, Pheochromocytoma, and Paraganglioma
18. Regional Anesthesia in Children in the Acute Surgical Setting
19. Perioperative preparation, Intra-op monitoring during surgical removal of Thyroid Goiters in Children
20. Anesthetic Management for Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents with Obesity
21. Pediatric Pain Management in the Acute Surgical Setting – Assessment and Treatment Modalities
22. Neurotoxic Effects of Anesthetics on the Developing Brain

This book highlights remarkable new endoscopic, laparoscopic, and thoracoscopic approaches to the removal of surgical lesions for different pathologic conditions under general endotracheal anesthesia in infants and children. It details how newer techniques in airway management, monitoring, regional nerve blocks for these innovative minimally invasive approaches have resulted in a decrease in intraoperative and postoperative morbidity and early recovery process after pediatric anesthesia.

This unique book contains features that provide the audience with several clinical scenarios where exceptional surgical outcomes are achieved with optimum pre-op preparation via collaborative team efforts. To date there is no other textbook emphasizing the anesthetic and surgical management during the most innovative advances in endoscopic surgery in children. Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for the definitive treatment of achalasia in children is probably the most advanced endoscopic surgery done successfully in children. POEM is the best example of endoscopic surgery performed via natural orifices known as the Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES). Another new laparoscopic surgical intervention -Median Arcuate Ligament surgical release for Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) for patients with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is described with established perioperative protocols emphasizing the need for early admission, intravenous hydration, and premedication. Novel approaches in the anesthetic management in children with short bowel syndrome for bowel lengthening techniques like the serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) and in teenagers for laparoscopic bariatric surgery with adjustable gastric banding (AGB) and vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) for morbid obesity are new areas that would enlighten the readers.

Anesthetic Management in Pediatric General Surgery is an invaluable resource for pediatric anesthesiologists, surgeons, and their trainees specializing in the care of pediatric patients.

Features
• Functions as a guide to pediatric anesthetic delivery during general surgery with emphasis on safety and best outcomes
• Discusses potential nuanced techniques and potential complications
• Features authors who are renowned internationally for their expertise in specific field