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Anesthetics / by Stephen Burgdorf ; content consultant, Kumar Belani, MD, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgdorf, Stephen, Author.
- Series:
- Medical Marvels Anesthetics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anesthetics.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of anesthetics, including the first anesthetic use, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how anesthetics work and how new technology is making anesthetic use safer and more precise. Sidebars, full-color photos, a glossary, and well-placed graphs, charts, and maps, enhance this engaging title -- Publisher.
- Contents:
- Oral surgery: past and present
- How anesthetics work
- General anesthesia: going to sleep
- Local anesthetics: alert, without sensation
- Pain-free and relaxed
- Anesthesia techniques and technology
- Issues in Anesthesia
- Advancements and the future.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781624013713
- 1624013716
- 9781624011702
- 1624011705
- OCLC:
- 857895001
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