The book provides an excellent review of all the clinical aspects of neuroanesthesia in children, including neurosurgeries during fetal state to neonatal, infancy, toddler, and school-going age groups. To provide optimal anesthetic care in children undergoing neurosurgery, the care provider must have adequate knowledge of the developing brain and spinal cord, the effect of anesthetics on the neuronal tissue, and the inherent issues about neurologic lesions. This book covers the diagnostic, imaging, surgical, and anesthetic management of children’s neurosurgical problems.
The chapters include a wide range of topics from basic neurophysiology to general concerns for pediatric neuro anesthesia, including fluid management, blood transfusion, temperature regulation, and surgical positioning, as well as specific issues such as anesthesia for brain tumor surgery, hydrocephalus, neural tube defects, cerebrovascular surgeries such as aneurysmal surgery, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), Moyamoya disease, and vein of Galen malformation, functional neurosurgery, epilepsy surgery, neuro endoscopy, craniovertebral junction anomalies, spinal surgeries, neurotrauma, and brain abscess with congenital heart diseases. Interesting topics like neuro anesthesia in remote locations, regional anesthesia during neurosurgery, and anesthesia for children with neuromuscular disease are also discussed. Moreover, the book elaborates on advanced neuroanesthesia techniques during fetal neurosurgery, craniopagus separation surgery, and the postoperative intensive care management aspects in each chapter. It is supplemented with figures depicting surgical procedures and positioning, neuroimages, tables, and illustrations for easy understanding.
This book caters to neuro anesthesiologists, pediatric anesthesiologists, residents, fellows of anesthesia or neuro anesthesia, practicing anesthesiologists, pediatric neuro intensivists, nurse anesthetists, neurosurgeons, and pediatric neurosurgeons. It also serves as a reference book for the DM (neuro anesthesiology and neurocritical care), DNB-SS (neuro anesthesiology), and MD (anesthesiology) curriculums apart from anesthesia residency and pediatric anesthesia/ neurosurgery fellowship programs offered at various Institutions worldwide.
