Bookedited by Paul K. Sikka, Shawn T. Beaman, James A. Street.
Contents:
Part I. The Basics
1.History of Anesthesia
2.Preoperative Evaluation
3. Approach to Anesthesia
4. Perioperative Airway Management
5. Anesthesia Machine
6. Patient Monitoring
7. Fluid and Electrolyte balance
8. Transfusion Medicine
Part II. Anesthetic Pharmacology
9. Mechanisms of Anesthetic Action
10. Inhalational Anesthetics
11. Intravenous Induction Agents
12. Opioids and Benzodiazepines
13. Neuromuscular blocking and reversal agents
14. Antiemetics
15. NSAIDs and Alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonists
16. Diuretics
17. Cardiovascular pharmacology
18. Local Anesthetics
19. Allergic reactions
20. Drug Interactions
Part III. Regional Anesthesia
21. Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia
22. Peripheral nerve blocks
23. Ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks
24. Pain Management
25. Orthopedic Anesthesia
Part IV. Specialty Anesthesia
26. Cardiac Anesthesia
27. Vascular Anesthesia
28. Ophthalmic Surgery
29. Neuroanesthesia
30. Ambulatory Anesthesia
31. Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
32. Hepatic and Gastrointestinal diseases
33. Renal and Urinary Tract Diseases
34. Endocrine diseases
35. Neurological and Neuromuscular Diseases
36. Ophthalmic Surgery
37. Ear, nose and throat surgery
38. Obstetric Anesthesia
39. Pediatric Anesthesia
40. Critical Care
41. Postoperative anesthesia care
Part V. Special Anesthesia Topics
42. Obesity
43. The Elderly patient
44. Pulmonary Aspiration & Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
45. Acid Base balance
46. Trauma
47. Spine Surgery
48. Robotic Surgery
49. Patient positioning and Common nerve injuries
50. Substance Abuse
51. Awareness under anesthesia
52. Infectious diseases
53. Alternative Medicine and Anesthesia
54. Cosmetic Surgery
55. Hazards of Working in the Operating Room
56. Operating room management
57. Residency Requirements and Guidelines.