This book provides a comprehensive overview of current practices in pediatric perioperative care.

Current knowledge on vascular and nonvascular access, regional anesthesia, and noninvasive cardiovascular and respiratory monitoring is described. The prevention and treatment of postoperative pain and unsettled behavior after surgery, as well as the long-term consequences of anesthesia and surgery are discussed. Prevention of chronic postsurgical pain and the brain damage that may be associated with anesthesia and surgery are also considered.

The opening section is dedicated to patient care prior to surgery and includes preoperative assessment and preparation. Care in the intraoperative period is then described, including the appropriate care when performing surgery in different locations and in various specialties, such as orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, and abdominal and urological surgery. The subsequent section addresses perioperative carein children with special conditions, such as difficult airway, metabolic or neuromuscular diseases, or cancer. The remainder of the book is devoted to a range of further important topics and postoperative care.&nbs

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Marinella Astuto is Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Director of the School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Catania, Italy. She has conducted research in anesthesiology since 1980 and has collaborated with various national and international centers. Dr. Astuto is current President of the Italian Society for Neonatal and Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SARNePI) and is a member of different study groups of the Italian Society for Anesthesia, Analgesics, and Intensive Care (SIAARTI).

She has edited two previous Springer books, Basics: Anesthesia Intensive Care and Pain in Neonates and Children (2009) and Pediatric Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain: Standardization in Clinical Practice (2013) and in total has more than 150 publications to her name, including numerous original articles and book chapters.

Pablo Mauricio Ingelmo is Assistant Professor at the McGill University, Director of Continuous Medical Education of the Department of Anesthesia and Director of the Chronic Pain Service at Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada. Dr. Ingelmo completed his medical degree at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and at the Universita degli Study di Milano. He specialized in anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain treatment at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Milano-Bicocca University in Italy. He was assistant professor of Anesthesia at the University of Buenos Aires and at the Milano-Bicocca University. Italy. McGill

University. He was director of the acute pain program at the National Pediatric Hospital Dr. Pedro E Garrahan. Buenos Aires. Argentina and Director of Pediatric anesthesia and Pain treatment Service. San Gerardo Hospital. Monza. Italy. Dr. Ingelmo is a member of the Italian Society for Neonatal and Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SARNePI) study group on preoperative evaluation and of the SARNePI executive board. He is the author of many journal articles and of six bookin pediatric anesthesia.