Main description:

Prepare for the oral boards with the thoroughly updated Clinical Cases in Anesthesia. This comprehensive and current anesthesia review tool presents case studies representing today's most commonly encountered clinical situations, equipping you to master the latest anesthesia treatment protocols and practice guidelines and achieve your very best score.

Learn the most practical solutions to contemporary problems, and understand the relevant scientific and clinical principles, through actual case studies presented in a helpful Q&A format.
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Review the most recent knowledge with updated coverage of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and central nervous system; updated abdomen, trauma, and post-anesthesia care sections; and a completely new section on critical care.
Stay abreast of the latest treatment options, practice guidelines, and pharmacology information with comprehensive updates throughout.

Contents:

SECTION 1 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 1 Coronary Artery Disease 2 Recent Myocardial Infarction 3 Congestive Heart Failure 4 Aortic Stenosis 5 Mitral Stenosis 6 Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy 7 Cardiac Pacemakers and Difibtillators 8 Cardiac Tamponade 9 Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device Presenting for Noncardiac Surgery 10 Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation 11 Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting SECTION 2 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 12 One-Lung Anesthesia 13 Thoracoscopy SECTION 3 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 14 Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, and Autoregulation 15 Intracranial Aneurysm 16 Carotid Endarterectomy 17 Electroconvulsive Therapy 18 Spine Surgery 19 Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy SECTION 4 NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM 20 Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade 21 Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade 22 Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade 23 Monitoring The Neuromuscular Junction 24 Myasthenia Gravis 25 Malignant Hyperthemia SECTION 5 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 26 Diabetes Mellitus 27 Thyroid Disease 28 Parathyroidectomy 29 Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration 30 Pheochromocytoma 31 Carcinoid Syndrome

SECTION 6 ABDOMEN 32 Full Stomach 33 Major Hepatic Resection 34 Open Abdominal Aortic Repair 35 Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Repair 36 Transurethral Resection of the Prostate 37 Super Morbid Obesity 38 Robotic Prostatectomy 39 Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation SECTION 7 EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT 40 Open-Eye Injury and Intraocular Pressure 41 Retinal Detachment 42 Tympanomastoidectomy 43 The Difficult Airway 44 Laser Laryngoscopy 45 Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

SECTION 8 BLOOD 46 Transfusion Reaction 47 Perioperative Coagulopathies 48 Blood Replacement 49 The Jehovah's Witness Patient 50 Sickle Cell Disease SECTION 9 ORTHOPEDICS 51 Total Hip Replacement 52 Brachial Plexus Anesthesia 53 Lower Extremity Anesthesia SECTION 10 OBSTETRICS 54 Labor and Delivery 55 Preeclampsia 56 Abruptio Placenta and Placenta Previa 57 Anesthesia for Nonobstetric Surgery in Pregnancy 58 Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy SECTION 11 PEDIATRICS 59 Abdominal Wall Defects 60 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia 61 Tracheoesophageal Fistula

62 Pyloric Stenosis 63 Congenital Heart Disease 64 Preterm Infant

65 Adenotonsillectomy

66 Foreign Body Aspiration

67 MRI and the Down Syndrome Child

SECTION 12 PAIN 68 Acute Postoperative Pain 69 Low Back Pain 70 Postherpetic Neuralgia 71 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 72 Cancer Pain Management SECTION 13 AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA 73 Ambulatory Surgery 74 Office-Based Anesthesia SECTION 14 TRAUMA 75 Thoracic Trauma 76 Burns 77 Abdominal Trauma SECTION 15 POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNIT 78 Asthma 79 Hypothermia 80 Postanesthesia Care Unit Discharge Criteria 81 Delayed Emergence, Coma, and Brain Death

SECTION 16 CRITICAL CARE

82 Neonatal Resuscitation

83 Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

84 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

85 Do Not Resuscitate

86 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

87 Respiratory Failure

88 Cardiovascular System

89 Sepsis and Multisystem Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

90 Renal System

91 Central Nervous System