This book offers an essential guide to managing the most heatedly debated topics of practical interest in anesthesia and intensive care. It reviews the state of the art in issues concerning both intensive care medicine and anesthesia, such as antibiotic therapy in multidrug resistance infection, acute hepatic failure, weaning, ECMO, difficult airway in pediatric patients, goal directed fluid therapy, preoperative anesthesia evaluation and delirium. 

Written by leading experts and including updated references, it provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to anesthesia and intensive care. The book clearly explains complex topics, offering practicing clinicians valuable insights into the latest recommendations and evidence in the field while, at the same time, making it a vital resource for students new to the fields of anesthesia and intensive care.

Preface

The role of hearth during the weaning
The antibiotic therapy in the MDR infections.-The diaphragmatic dysfuntion
The management of the acute hepatic failure
The weaning and the extubation
The renal replacement therapy in the septic shock
The ECMO during ARDS: high and low flow system
The status asthmatic in the pediatric patient: from emergency department to intensive care
An update on the non-operating room anesthesia
The airway in the pediatric setting
The Goal Directed Fluid Therapy
The management of the hemorrhagic stroke
Delirium from the operating room to the intensive care
The preoperative evaluation of the patient for abdominal surgery
The monitoring of the depth of anesthesia and the awareness
The difficult airway in the adult setting.