Main description:

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.

Contents:

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