The widely acclaimed text/reference Clinical Anesthesia is now in its Fifth Edition, with thoroughly updated coverage and a new, more user-friendly design.
More than 100 leading experts cover every aspect of contemporary perioperative medicine in one comprehensive, clinically focused, clear, concise, and accessible volume.
New chapters in this edition cover:
- genomic basis of perioperative medicine
- office-based anesthesia
- disaster preparedness and bioterrorism
A new two-color page design enables readers to spot crucial information quickly. In all there are 769 illustrations in this edition. Each chapter opens with a numbered list of key points and the numbers are used in the margins to help readers locate information on those points.
Contents
Introduction to Anesthesia Practice
- The history of anesthesia
- Practice and operating room management
- Experimental design and statistics
- Occupational health
- Professional liability, quality improvement, and anesthetic risk
Basic Principles of Anesthesia Practice
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of anesthesia
- Genomic basis of perioperative medicine
- Electrical and fire safety
- Acid-base, fluids, and electrolytes
- Hemotherapy and hemostasis
Basic Principles of Pharmacology in Anesthesia Practice
- Basic principles of clinical pharmacology
- Autonomic nervous system: Physiology and pharmacology
- Nonopioid intravenous anesthesia
- Opioids
- Inhalation anesthesia
- Neuromuscular blocking agents
- Local anesthesia
Preparing for Anesthesia
- Preoperative evaluation and management
- Anesthesia for patients with rare and coexisting diseases
- Malignant hyperthermia and other pharmacogenetic disorders
- Delivery systems for inhaled anesthetics
- Airway management
- Patient positioning
- Monitoring the anesthetized patient
Management of Anesthesia
- Epidural and spinal anesthesia
- Peripheral nerve blockade
- Anesthesia for neurosurgery
- Respiratory function in anesthesia
- Anesthesia for thoracic surgery
- Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology
- Anesthesia for cardiac surgery
- Anesthesia for vascular surgery
- Anesthesia and the eye
- Anesthesia for otolaryngologic surgery
- The renal system and anesthesia for urologic surgery
- Anesthesia and obesity
- Anesthesia and gastrointestinal disorders
- Anesthesis for minimally invasive procedures
- Anesthesia and the liver
- Anesthesia for orthopaedic surgery
- Anesthesia and the endocrine system
- Obstetric anesthesia
- Neonatal anesthesia
- Pediatric anesthesia
- Anesthesia for the geriatric patient
- Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery
- Monitored anesthesia care
- Trauma and burns
- The allergic response
- Drug interactions
- Anesthesia provided at alternate sites
- Office-based anesthesia
- Anesthesia for organ transplantation
Postanesthetic and Consultant Practice
- Postoperative recovery
- Management of acute postoperative pain
- Chronic pain management
- Anesthesia and critical care medicine
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Disaster preparedness and weapons of mass destruction
Appendix: Electrocardiography
Index
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