Bücher der Reihe Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology

This treatise commemorates the 32nd anniversary of the first successful allogenic kidney transplant in a human being and the beginning of a con tinuing challenge for well over a generation of anesthesiologists.

Anesthesiology 1986 contains the Refresher Course manuscripts of the presentations of the 31st Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology which took place at the Westin Hotel Utah Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 14-18, 1986.

the Heart and the Vascular System contains the Refresher Course manuscripts of the presentations of the 32nd Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology which took place at the Westin Hotel Utah Convention Center in Salt Lake City.

In spite of today's increasing body of knowledge in regard to central nervous func tion and/or the mode of action of centrally active compounds, little is done to monitor those patients which are at risk of cerebral lesions either in the OR or in the ICU.

The chapters reflect recent advances in the diagnosis, pre-, intra-, and postoperative anesthetic management of patients with lung disease, presenting for pulmonary and non-pulmonary surgery. They also deal with ventilation-perfusion issues, the lung as a metabolic organ, the effects of anesthesia on pulmonary mechanics and pulmonary blood flow.

There is a tendency of an increasing number of signals and derived variables to be incorporated in the monitoring of patients during anesthesia and in intensive care units. The addition of new signals hardly ever leads to thedeletion of other signals.

Most doctors already possess knowledge of the physiology of the internal envi ronment, but some are aware of being unable to deal effectively with clinical problems related to fluid and electrolyte disturbances and seek guidance to translate theoretical knowledge into practice.

Despite numerous reports of cerebral damage in cardiac surgery, the subject has not been given the attention it requires. The second section describes how imaging techniques (CT scan, MRI, regional cerebral blood flow imaging), and functional assessment techniques.

Papers presented at the 38th Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology, February 19-23, 1993

Omar Prakash, MD IX List of contributors Bryan, A.Ch., MB, BS, PhD, FRCP (C), The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8 Bryan, H., MD, Department of Pediatrics, Room 1241, Mount Sinai Hospital and The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5 co-authors: A.L.

We are indebted to the authors for introducing the new opioids to regional analgesia with the scientists, who de veloped the potent short and ultrashort acting opioids with high therapeutic indices, which many researchers dreamt about but never before materialized.

The subject of this book was also the topic of a meeting of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology held at the French Study Center, La Suquette, Saint Vincent Ie Palue~ held three years before publication of this book.

Anesthesiology and the Cardiovascular Patient contains the edited presentations of the 41st Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology, February 1996. This volume, as well as past and future volumes, reflects the rapid and continuing evolution of anesthesiology in the late twentieth century.

Pediatric and Obstetrical Anesthesia comprises the edited presentations of the 40th Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology, February 1995. The book reflects the most recent advances in the physiology, pharmacology and anesthetic management of patients with central nervous system disease.

In spite of today's increasing body of knowledge in regard to central nervous func tion and/or the mode of action of centrally active compounds, little is done to monitor those patients which are at risk of cerebral lesions either in the OR or in the ICU.

Papers presented at the 38th Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology, February 19-23, 1993

Pain Management and Anesthesiology contains the presentations made at the 43rd Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology sponsored by the University of Utah and held at Snowbird, Utah, USA, February 20-24, 1998.

Proceedings of the Second General Meeting of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia

XIII List of contributors A. Experimental studies A simple mathematical model of High Frequency Ventilation. 1 A. Versprille. Development and clinical application of High Frequency Ventilation. 12 U.H. Sjostrand- L. Bunegin, R.B. Smith, ~i.F. Babinski. Convective diffusion in oscillatory flow as a gas transport 39 mechanism during High Frequency Ventilation. H.J. van Ouwerkerk, P. Gieles, J.M. Bogaard. Pressure flow pattern and gas transport using various types of 51 High Frequency Ventilation. M. Baum, H. Benzer, W. Goldschmied, N. Mutz. A review of experimental and theoretical studies of High Frequency 59 Ventilation. A.S. Slutsky, R.D. Kamm, J.M. Drazen. Effects of High Frequency Jet Ventilation design and operational 71 variables upon arterial blood gas tensions. J.M. Calkins, C.K. Waterson, S.F. Quan, H.W. Militzer, Th.J. Conahan, C.W. Otto, S.R. Hameroff. Airway pressure as a determining factor for ventilation and 81 haemodynamic efficiency during HFJV. M. Jimenez Lendinez, J.A. Cambronero, J. Lopez, B. Galvan, A. Garcia, R. Denia, A. Aguado. B. Experimental studies and mechanics High Frequency Ventilation: an experimental comparison of HFPPV 87 and HFJV. U.H. Sjostrand, M.F. Babinski, U.R. Borg, R.B. Smith. VI 92 Alveolar pressures during High Frequency Ventilation. P.R. Fletcher. Carbon dioxide clearance during High Frequency Jet Ventilation 93 (HFJV) . J.L. Bourgain, A.J. Mortimer, M.K. Sykes. 105 Hemodynamic effects of High Frequency Ventilation. F.R. Gioia, A.P. Harris, R.J. Traystman, M.C. Rogers.

Theodore H. Stanley, M. D. What's New in, Anesthesiology in 1988 contains the Refresher Course manuscripts of the presentations of the 33rd Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology which took place at the Marriott Hotel Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 19-23, 1988. The chapters reflect new data, ideas and concepts within the general framework of most recent developments in "evaluation and monitoring cardiac function before, during and after surgery," "new anesthetics and their actions on the heart and peripheral vasculature, and other organ systems," "metabolism and elimination of anesthetics and anesthetic adjuvants," and "recent developments in the anesthetic management of patients with congenital heart disease, renal and pulmonary dysfunction, and diabetes insipidus. " In addition, there are chapters on new developments in "obstetrics," "regional anesthesia," and "anesthetic management of the newborn. " The purposes of the textbook are to 1) act as a reference for the anesthesio­ logists attending the meeting, and,2) serve as a vehicle to bring many of the latest concepts in anesthesiology to others within a short time of the formal presentation. Each chapter is a brief but sharply focused glimpse of the interests in anesthesia expressed at the conference. This book and its chapters should not be considered complete treatises on the subjects addressed but rather attempts to summarize the most salient points. This textbook is the sixth in a continuing series documenting the proceedings of the Postgraduate Course in Salt Lake City.

Since images obtained by transesophageal echo cardiography are uniformly of excellent quality, it extends the diagnostic potential of echocardiography to the patient who is difficult to image from the conventional chest wall approach.

Woerlee of the University of Leiden with his book, "Com mon Perioperative Problems and the Anaesthetist", has filled a void in the current anes thetic literature.

Intensive Care Medicine has been continuously growing and expanding, culturally, technically and geographically. I am particularly happy that this work has mainly developed within the European Society of Intensive Care, whose final target is to ensure a common standard of therapy in our old Europe, beyond national differences.