This comprehensive update of the previous two successful editions covers both basic and advanced anesthesia topics. These include pharmacology, procedures, monitoring, equipment, subspecialty anesthesia, safety, professionalism, pain management, and more.
Chapters are concise, easy-to-read, and authored by faculty specialized in medical education. They feature case studies designed to help apply theoretical knowledge to real patient situations, as well as questions and answers.
A convenient resource for medical students, student registered nurse anesthetists, and student anesthesiologist assistants in any student of anesthesia will find this unique book useful.
Part I Introduction to Anesthesiology.- 1 How to Be a Star Student,
Career Options, and the Match.- 2 History of Anesthesia and Introduction to
the Specialty.- Part II Pharmacology.- 3 Pharmacology Principles.- 4
Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetic Agents and Analgesics.- 5 Pharmacology
of Inhalational Anesthetics.- 6 Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics.- 7
Pharmacology of Adjunct Agents.- Part III Preoperative Considerations.- 8
Preoperative Patient Evaluation.- 9 Airway Evaluation and Management.- 10 The
Anesthesia Machine.- 11 Anesthesia Equipment and Monitors.- Part IV
Intraoperative Considerations.- 12 Anesthetic Techniques: General, Sedation,
MAC.- 13 Anesthetic Techniques: Regional.- 14 Electrolytes and Acid-Base
Analysis.- 15 Fluids and Transfusion Therapy.- 16 Peripheral, Arterial, and
Central Lines and Gastric Tube Placement.- 17 Intraoperative Problems.- Part
V Systems Physiology and Anesthetic Subspecialties.- 18 Physiology and
Anesthesia for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery.- 19 Physiology and Anesthesia
for Neurologic, ENT, and Ophthalmologic Surgery.- 20 Obstetrics.- 21
Physiology and Anesthesia for General and Bariatric Surgery.- 22 Anesthesia
for Urological Surgery.- 23 Pediatric Surgery.- 24 Physiology and Anesthesia
for Elderly Patients.- 25 Ambulatory Surgery.- 26 Out-of-OR (OOR)
Procedures.- 27 Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery.- Part VI Postoperative
Considerations.- 28 Perioperative Acute and Chronic Pain Management.- 29
Postoperative Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Common Postoperative Problems.-
30 Introduction to Critical Care.- Part VII Special Topics.- 31
Anesthesiology as a Perioperative Medicine Specialty.- 32 Professionalism,
Safety, and Teamwork.- 33 Quality Assurance, Patient and Provider Safety.- 34
Ethical and Legal Issues in Anesthesia.- 35 Clinical Simulation in Anesthesia
Education.- 36 Anesthesia in Adverse Environments.
Appendix A: ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm
Appendix B: Malignant Hyperthermia
Appendix C: Useful Formulae
Appendix D: Clinical Algorithms
Jesse M. Ehrenfeld MD, MPH
Senior Associate Dean and Director
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Professor, Anesthesiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Richard D. Urman MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Associate Chair for DFCI
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Scott Segal, MD, MHCM
Thomas H. Irving Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Co-Executive Director, Perioperative Services
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Enterprise Academic Chair, Atrium Health
Winston-Salem, NC, USA