About the Book

The new benchmark in anesthesiology

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"This book covers more topics and provides greater detail than other introductory books. Additionally, the quality of the writing makes it easier to follow and understand than most other books."-- Doody's Review Service

"Whereas most current texts discuss the pharmacology of intravenous agents, this text is unique in its dedication of entire chapter (chapter 42) to total intravenous anesthesia. This is a refreshing recognition of the utility and potential advantages of total intravenous anesthesia....does an excellent job of covering all the pertinent topics in an organized manner. Like the other comprehensive texts, it is unlikely to be read cover to cover, but provides a superb clinical reference for residents and practicing anesthesiologists.Any new textbook in a field with well-established texts faces an uphill battle, but with its unique organization and clinical focus, Anesthesiology will create many satisfied customers."--Anesthesiology

"In summary, Anesthesiology is an excellent choice for all anesthesiology residents and clinicians. It contains abundant and current information for clinical practice as well as the styles and standards for safety. At present it is the most up-to-date comprehensive text of clinical anesthesiology."--Anesthesia and Analgesia

Written and edited by an internationally known team of experts, Anesthesiology gives you a 360-degree view of the field, covering all of the anesthetic considerations, preparations, and procedures for the surgical patient, the pain patient, or the critical care patient. You'll find a unique balance between clinical information, practical clinical procedures, and the molecular and basic scientific underpinnings of anesthesiology practice.

Anesthesiology delivers a multi-perspective, wide-ranging view of anesthetic drugs, procedures, co-morbid diseases, and need-to-know postoperative pain management strategies. This essential guide not only focuses on general anesthesia, but also is the first to feature a detailed look at the subspecialty of regional anesthesia.

Features:

• Top-to-bottom coverage of the entire field--from preoperative evaluation and intraoperative anesthesia care to care of the critically ill or chronic pain patient
• Emphasis on safety, quality, and patient-centered care, with an entire section on risk reduction
• A focus on the clinical applications of anesthesiology
• Complex concepts explained by graphics and illustrations, not equations and formulas
• Full-color format and illustrations
• Specific drug and interventional guidelines for the clinical management of every OR/post-OR scenario in the anesthesiology field
• Key points and key references presented in each chapter
• CD-ROM that allows you to download illustrations and images to your PowerPoint presentations

Table of Contents:
Contents Authors Preface Part 1.The Specialty of Anesthesiology 1.The Evolution of Anesthesiology as a Clinical Discipline--A Lesson in Developing Professionalism, Douglas R. Bacon 2.The Scope and Future of Anesthesia Practice, Michael S. Avidan and Alex S. Evers 3.Safety and Quality: The Guiding Principles of Patient-Centered Care, Jeffrey B. Cooper and David E. Longnecker Part 2.Preparing for Anesthesia Section A: Approach to the Anesthesia Patient 4.Overview of Preoperative Assessment and Management, Bobbie Jean Sweitzer 5.The Anesthetic Plan for Healthy Patients, Patrick E. Benedict and Kevin K. Tremper Section B: Preoperative Evaluation of the Anesthesia Patient 6.Appropriate and Effective Use of Consultants, Lee Goldman and Thomas H. Lee 7.Evaluation of the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease, Ronald P. Olson 8.Evaluation of the Patient with a Difficult Airway, James C. Phero, Andranik Ovassapian, and William E. Hurford 9.Evaluation of the Patient with Pulmonary Disease, Philip G. Boysen 10.Evaluation of the Patient with Neuropsychiatric Disease, John Morris and Dell Burkey 11.Evaluation of the Patient with Neuromuscular or Skeletal Disease, Philip D. Bailey, Jr. and Joseph R. Tobin 12.Evaluation of the Patient with Endocrine Disease or Diabetes Mellitus, A.D. John and F.E. Sieber 13.Evaluation of the Patient with Renal Disease, Mark Stafford-Smith, George Lappas, and Andrew D. Shaw 14.Evaluation of Patients with Hepatic Disease, Richard A. Wiklund 15.Anesthetic Considerations for the Patient with Anemia or Coagulation Disorders, Edwin G. Avery, IV 16.Evaluation of the Patient with Perioperative Malnutrition, Jacob T. Gutsche and Clifford S. Deutschman 17.Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy, Richard Teplick and Robert H. Rubin 18.Preoperative Assessment of the Newborn, Myron Yaster and Richard A. Elliott 19.Evaluation of Children, Randall C. Wetzel 20.Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient, Stanley Muravchick and Katherine Grichnik 21.Evaluation of the Pregnant Patient, Robert Gaiser 22.Evaluation of the Obese Patient, Babatunde O. Ogunnaike and Charles W. Whitten 23.Evaluation of the Patient with Alcohol or Drug Addiction, Paul S. Pagel, Judith A. May, and David C. Warltier Part 3.Safety and Risk Reduction in Anesthesia Practice 24.Anesthesia Risk, Frederick K. Orkin and David E. Longnecker 25.Approaches to Quality Improvement in Anesthesia Care, David S. Smith and Lee A. Fleisher 26.Positioning of Patients for Operation, Vijaya Gottumukkala 27.Electricity, Electrical Safety, and Instrumentation in the Operating Room, Robert H. Stiefel and Julian M. Goldman Part 4.Managing Anesthesia Care Section A: Monitoring the Anesthesia Patient 28.Perioperative Information Management Systems, J.P. Abenstein 29.Hemodynamic Monitoring, Shahar Bar-Yosef, Rebecca A. Schroeder, and Jonathan B. Mark 30.Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Systematic Approach, Larry Field, George Lappas, Angus Christie, Andrew Green, Steven Morozowich, Tamas Szabo, Qin Zhang, Stephen Murphy, Ravi Bissessar, and Solomon Aronson 31.Monitoring Respiratory Function, Dean R. Hess and Robert M. Kacmarek 32.Intraoperative Neurologic Monitoring, John C. Keifer and Cecil O. Borel 33.Monitoring and Managing Neuromuscular Blockade, Richard M. Pino and Hassan H. Ali 34.Monitoring and Managing Perioperative Electrolyte Abnormalities, Acid-Base Disorders, and Fluid Replacement, Patrick J. Neligan and Jiri Horak Section B: Managing the Airway 35.Airway Management, P. Allan Klock, Jr. and Andranik Ovassapian Section C: Anesthesia Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems 36.Mechanisms of General Anesthetic Action, Max B. Kelz, Jay Yang, and Roderic G. Eckenhoff 37.Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics, Stuart A. Forman and George A. Mashour 38.Anesthesia Delivery System, James B. Eisenkraft 39.Principles of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Applied Clinical Pharmacology for the Practitioner, Ken B. Johnson and Talmage D. Egan 40.Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetics, Mark Dershwitz and Carl E. Rosow 41.Pharmacology of Opioid Analgesics, Carl E. Rosow and Mark Dershwitz 42.Total Intravenous Anesthesia, John Sear 43.Cardiovascular Drugs, Alina Nicoara, Mark Abel, David Bronheim, and Daniel Thys 44.Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics, James E. Heavner Section D: Regional Anesthesia 45.Incorporating Regional Anesthesia into Anesthetic Practice, Richard W. Rosenquist and David L. Brown 46.Neuraxial Anesthesia, Daniel T. Warren and Spencer S. Liu 47.Paravertebral Anesthesia, Holly Evans and Stephen M. Klein 48.Peripheral Nerve Blocks, Denise J. Wedel and Terese T. Horlocker 49.Managing Adverse Outcomes during Regional Anesthesia, Ban CH Tsui and Brendan T. Finucane Section E: Specialty Areas of Anesthetic Practice 50.Neuroanesthesia, Michael M. Todd, David S. Warner, Mazen A. Maktabi, and Kamila Vagnerova 51.Cardiac Anesthesia, Mark A. Chaney, Albert T. Cheung, Christopher A. Troianos, Jessica L. Willert, David A. Zvara, and Stanton K. Shernan 52.Anesthesia for Surgical Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease: A Problem-Oriented Approach, James S. Harrington, Avinash C. Shukla, and Paul R. Hickey 53.Thoracic Anesthesia, Stuart J. Weiss and E. Andrew Ochroch 54.Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery, Alina Nicoara and Madhav Swaminathan 55.Anesthesia for Gastrointestinal Surgery, Martin Slodzinski and William T. Merritt 56.Anesthesia for Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Warren S. Sandberg and Douglas E. Raines 57.Anesthesia for Heart or Lung Transplantation, Benjamin A. Kohl and Joseph S. Savino 58.Anesthesia for Kidney, Pancreas or Other Organ Transplantation, David S. Beebe and Kumar G. Belani 59.Endocrine Surgery and Intraoperative Management of Endocrine Conditions, Robert A. Peterfreund and Stephanie L. Lee 60.Anesthetic Considerations for Genitourinary and Renal Surgery, Maurizio Cereda and Sean Kennedy 61.Anesthesia for Obstetrical Care and Gynecologic Surgery, Lawrence C. Tsen 62.Anesthesia for Newborn Surgical Emergencies, Myron Yaster and Mark I. Rossberg 63.Anesthesia for Children, Lucinda L. Everett 64.Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery, Gavin Martin, Dara Breslin, and Todd Stevens 65.Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery, Salvatore J. Basta 66.Anesthesia for Otorhinolaryngolic (Ear, Nose, and Throat) Surgery, Bill Ragan 67.Outpatient Anesthesia, J. Lance Lichtor and Suhas V. Kalghatgi 68.Monitored Anesthetic Care and Conscious Sedation, Robert S. Harris and Peter S. Sebel 69.Anesthesia Care for Diagnostic or Therapeutic Procedures Outside of the Operating Room, Monica Davis 70.Anesthesia for Trauma Patients, John K. Stone and Christopher M. Grande 71.Anesthetic Management of the Burned PatientEdward A. Bittner, Loreta Grecu, and J.A. Jeevendra Martyn Part 5. Postoperative Care of the Anesthesia Patient 72.Recovery of the Healthy Patient, Loreta Grecu, Edward A. Bittner, and Edward George 73.Postoperative Complications, Edward A. Bittner, Loreta Grecu, and Edward George 74.Management of Acute Postoperative Pain, Jane C. Ballantyne Part 6: The Critically Ill Patient 75.The Pathophysiology of Critical Illness, Luca M. Bigatello, Judith Hellman, David Liu, and Warren M. Zapol 76.Evaluation of the Patient with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Jean Kwo and Judith Hellman 77.Evaluation of the Burned Patient, Edward A. Bittner, Loreta Grecu, and J.A. Jeevendra Martyn 78.Evaluation of the Trauma Patient, Edward George 79.Developing the Anesthetic Plan for the Critically Ill Patient, Jean Kwo 80.Monitoring and Transport of the Critically Ill Patient, Michael G. Fitzsimons and Nathaniel Sims 81.Postoperative Care of the Noncardiac Surgical ICU Patient, Michael C. Banks and C. William Hanson, III 82.Hemodynamic Support of the Critically Ill Patient, Jean-Louis Vincent 83.Mechanical Ventilation for the Surgical Patient, Robert M. Kacmarek and Dean R. Hess 84.Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Charles W. Otto Part 7. Special Considerations in Anesthesia Care 85.Blood and Blood Component Therapy, Ian J. Welsby and Steven J. Bredehoeft 86.Cognititve Dysfunction after Anesthesia and Surgery, Mark F. Newman and Joseph P. Matthews 87.Protection of the Central Nervous System in Surgical Patients, W. Andrew Kofke 88.Anaphylactic Reactions and Anesthesia, Robert S. Holzman 89.Malignant Hyperthermia, Thermoregulation, and Perioperative Hypothermia, Sheila Muldoon, Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Maria Voilkel, Rolf Bunger, Hilary P. Grocott, and Christopher Sulzer Part 8. Care of the Chronic Pain Patient 90.Mechanisms of Chronic Pain, Gray J. Brewer and Clifford J. Woolf 90.Common Pain Syndromes, Basem Hamid 92.Medical Management of Chronic Pain, Marc A. Huntoon 93.Interventional Management of Chronic Pain, Carlos A. Pino and James P. Rathmell 94.Palliative and Cancer Pain Care, Phillip C. Phan and Allen W. Burton Part 9. Practice Related Issues 95.Legal Issues in Anesthesiology, C. Lee Parmley 96.Substance Dependence and Abuse in Anesthesia Care Providers, Raymond C. Roy 97.The Economics of Health Care and Anesthesia Practice, Franklin Dexter and Amr E. Abouleish 98.Practice Management, Philip J. Mesisca and Susan Chapman Moss Appendix A: Formulary, Mark Dershwitz and Carl E. Rosow Index