Positioning in Anesthesia and Surgery - Hardcover

Addresses the "hows and whys" of patient positioning from both the surgical and anesthetic points of view. Contents include physiologic changes, vascular injuries to the spinal cord, and mechanisms of air embolism relative to neurosurgery. Also covers pediatric positioning, problems with the pregnant patient for non-obstetric procedures as well as delivery, obese patients, multiple-trauma patients, and complications.