Gupta and Gelb's Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care 2nd Edition
Author(s): Arun Gupta Edited by Ram Adapa , Derek Duane , Adrian Gelb (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 30 April 2018
Edition: 2nd
Language: English
Print length: 350 pages
ISBN-10: 1316602524
ISBN-13: 9781316602522
Book Description
This updated second edition of Gupta and Gelb’s Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care contains the ideal combination of updated information for the practitioner, presented in easy-to-digest short chapters. With an essential clinical focus on key neuroanesthesia and neurointensive care knowledge, it is a practical guide for any practitioner of neuroanesthesia, beginner, occasional or experienced. The user-friendly format contains bullet points to ensure retention of important data, key points to summarize the take-home messages, suitable images to enhance understanding, and pertinent and appropriate references to allow for further exploration of the topics. This book is ideal for residents and others undergoing neuroanesthesia training. It is also a great tool for Operating Room nurses and other OR support workers, neurosurgical residents and neurointensive care professionals. This will also be a useful book to supplement knowledge for postgraduate fellowship and Board examinations.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘This second edition of Gupta and Gelb’s Essentials of Neuroanesthesia and Neurointensive Care offers an accessible, easy-to-read review that focuses on the clinical setting. It admirably condenses relevant, important information to provide an overview of the material required by neuroanesthesia and neurointensive care practitioners. The book is ideally suited for trainees – be they students, residents, or fellows – involved in providing neuroanesthesia or neurointensive care.’ Sujoy Banik, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society
‘I thoroughly enjoyed reading it from cover to cover and would unhesitatingly recommend it for everyone practising neuroanesthesia and neurointensive care in whatever capacity.’ Sujoy Banik, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Book Description
This second edition presents core clinical neuroanesthesia and neurointensive care knowledge in a practical, user-friendly format.
About the Author
Arun Gupta is a Consultant in Neurosciences and Trauma Critical Care who in 2005 was awarded the Macintosh Professorship by the Royal College of Anaesthetists in recognition of his research program in brain oxygenation and metabolism. As Director of Postgraduate Medical Education for the Trust and multi-professional Education of the Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) Academic Health Sciences Centre, he established the high fidelity Simulation Centre at Cambridge and the cadaveric surgical training and research centre. Whilst continuing to pursue his research interests in brain injury, Dr Gupta is also supporting a program of research in Medical Education and Simulation. Dr Gupta has recently established the CUHP Innovation Hub to support new innovations in healthcare and patient safety.
Adrian Gelb MBChB, FRCPC, FRCA is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco. He has served as the leader in multiple national and international Anesthesia Societies having been the President of three societies including the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC). Professor Gelb is an active clinician, a funded researcher who is well published with >300 publications, and a frequent international speaker including 16 eponymous lectures.
Derek Duane is a consultant in Neuroanaesthesia and Neurointensive Care for the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. He has earned a Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, a Masters in Neuroscience, and Master in Medical Law and Ethics.
Ram Adapa is a consultant anaesthetist at the Department of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, and is interested in the neurobiology of consciousness and sedation.
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