Clinical Fluid Therapy in the Peri-Operative Setting

Leading experts in fluid management explain what you should know when providing infusion fluids to surgical and critical care patients.

Clinical Fluid Therapy in the Peri-Operative Setting brings together some of the world's leading clinical experts in fluid management to explain what you should know when providing infusion fluids to surgical and critical care patients. Current evidence-based knowledge, essential basic science and modern clinical practice are explained in 25 focused and authoritative chapters. Each chapter guides the reader in the use of fluid therapy in all aspects of peri-operative patient care. Guidance is given on the correct selection, quantity and composition of fluids required as a consequence of the underlying pathology and state of hydration of the patient, and the type and duration of surgery. Edited by Robert G. Hahn, a highly experienced clinician and award-winning researcher in fluid therapy, this is essential reading for all anaesthetists, intensivists and surgeons.

Introduction Robert Hahn
Part I. The Fluids: 1. Crystalloid fluids Robert Hahn
2. Colloid fluids Robert Hahn
3. Hypertonic fluids Eileen M. Bulger
Part II. Everyday Surgery: 4. 'Rules-of-thumb' in fluid therapy Hengo Haljamae
5. Abdominal surgery Idit Matot
6. Spinal anaesthesia Michael James
7. Day surgery Jan Jakobsson
Part III. Special Surgery: 8. Cardiac surgery Robert Hahn
9. Haemodilution Philippe van der Linden
10. Pediatrics Isabelle Murat
11. Inflammatory disease Else Tonnesen
12. Neurosurgery Robert Hahn
13. Obstetric, pulmonary and geriatric Kathrine Holte
Part IV. Measurements: 14. Outcome studies Robert Hahn
15. Invasive haemodynamic monitoring Philip Greilich
16. Goal-directed fluid therapy Tong Gan
17. Pulse oximetry Maxime Cannesson
18. Microvascular fluid exchange Per-Olof Grande
19. Volume kinetics Robert Hahn
Part V. Critical Situations: 20. Adverse reactions Hengo Haljamae
21. Irrigating fluids Robert Hahn
22. Pulmonary oedema Claes Frostell
23. Shock (hypovolemic and septic) Niels Secher
24. Uncontrolled hemorrhage Richard Dutton
25. Trauma Kenneth Boffard
26. Fluids or blood products? Oliver Habler
27. Burns Folke Sjoberg
Index.