Recent advances in Anesthesia 2025

This book is designed to provide students and practicing intensivists with a comprehensive overview of the most current and cutting-edge developments in the field of anesthesia. It explores emerging pharmacokinetic models for total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) and advancements in target-controlled infusion techniques, while also addressing important clinical concerns such as the safety of anesthesia in very young patients. The text examines the evolving role of robotics in anesthesia practice, discusses the application of hypovolemic phlebotomy in liver surgery, and reviews the growing challenge of perioperative neurocognitive dysfunction in the elderly, offering insights grounded in recent evidence and clinical innovation.

• This book aims to bring to the students and the practicing intensivists the very happening, cutting edge of the field of anesthesia
• New pharmacokinetic models for total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) and target-controlled infusion
• Are worries about anesthesia for the very young justified?
• Can robots be used in anesthesia?
• Hypovolemic phlebotomy for liver surgery
• Perioperative neurocognitive dysfunction in the elderly.