Chestnut's obstetric anesthesia; principles and practice, 4th ed.

9780323055413

Chestnut's obstetric anesthesia; principles and practice, 4th ed.

Ed. by David H. Chestnut et al.

Elsevier Mosby

2009

1222 pages

$199.00

Hardcover

RG732

Seventy-six international academics and practitioners contribute 54 chapters to a reference providing anesthesiologists the latest guidelines and protocols for the safe and effective care of obstetric patients. The team of editors has expanded to four for the fourth edition, and 32 new specialists have joined as contributors. The text has been thoroughly expanded and updated throughout to reflect new findings since publication of the third edition in 2004. Ten of the chapters have been rewritten from start to finish, including those on neuraxial labor analgesia, cesarean delivery, the difficult airway, and hypertensive disorders. The fourth edition contains two new chapters on patient safety and maternal mortality, and features a dedicated, website that contains the whole, searchable content of the book. The layout has been revised to a two-color format for better clarity, and the text is illustrated throughout with photographs, diagrams, tables, and charts.

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