General Anesthesia Research (Paperback)

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1. The Challenge of Accidental Awareness during General Anesthesia
Marco Cascella

2. Impact of Anesthetics on Brain Electrical Activity and Principles of pEEG-Based Monitoring during General Anesthesia 
Marco Cascella

3. Perioperative Monitoring of Autonomic Nervous Activity
Theodoros Aslanidis

4. Monitoring Cerebral Oximetry by Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in Anaesthesia and Critical Care: Progress and Perspectives
Antonio Pisano, Diana Di Fraja, and Concetta Palmieri

5. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following Intraoperative Awareness
Helene Vulser and Gaele Lebeau

6. Mechanisms of Action of Inhaled Volatile General Anesthetics: Unconsciousness at the Molecular Level
Daniela Baldassarre, Giuliana Scarpati and Ornella Piazza

7. Intravenous Hypnotic Agents: From Binding Sites to Loss of Consciousness
Daniela Baldassarre, Filomena Oliva, and Ornella Piazza

8. Pharmacological Considerations for the Use of General Anesthetics in the Elderly
Francesca Guida, Enza Palazzo, Serena Boccella, Livio Luongo, Giulio Scala, Francesca Gargano, Gorizio Pieretti, Ida Marabese, Mariantonietta Scafuro, Vito de Novellis, and Sabatino Maione

9. Propofol Effects in Breast Cancer Cell Progression: Evidences from In Vitro Studies
Sabrina Bimonte, Marco Cascella, Aldo Giudice, Francesca Bifulco, Stefan Wirz, and Arturo Cuomo

10. Postoperative Cognitive Function following General Anesthesia in Children
Maiko Satamoto

11. The Challenge of Opioid-Free Anesthesia
Maher Khalife, Graziela Biter, Marco Cascella, and Raffaela Di Napoli

12. New Insights into the Pharmacology of Dexmedetomidine and Open Issues for Neurosurgical Procedures
Mariantonietta Scafuro, Francesca Gargano, and Marco Fiore

13. Transgenic Mouse Models, General Anesthetics and Alzheimer Disease: Findings from Preclinical Studies
Sabrina Bimonte, Antonio Barbieri, Nagoth Joseph Amruthraj, Marco Cascella, Arturo Cuomo, and Claudio Arra

14. The Biochemical Basis of Delirium
Matthew Umholtz and Nader D. Nader

15. Postoperative Delirium and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction 
Matthew Umholtz and Nader D. Nader