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This pocket-sized handbook provides quick, easy access to the essential bedside information from Clinical Anesthesia, Fifth Edition. The most practical clinical pearls on what to do and how and when to do it are presented in concise outline format, with hundreds of tables, graphs, and algorithms that summarize and prioritize crucial points.
This edition provides up-to-date guidelines on every aspect of perioperative patient care and includes new chapters on office-based anesthesia and disaster preparedness and bioterrorism. Appendices include formulas, an electrocardiography atlas, a drug list, American Heart Association resuscitation protocols, difficult airway algorithms, and a malignant hyperthermia protocol.
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Synopsis
This pocket-sized handbook provides quick, easy access to the essential bedside information from Clinical Anesthesia, Sixth Edition. The most practical clinical pearls on what to do and how and when to do it are presented in concise outline format, with hundreds of tables, graphs, and algorithms that summarize and prioritize crucial points. Appendices include formulas, an electrocardiography atlas, a drug list, American Heart Association resuscitation protocols, difficult airway algorithms, and a malignant hyperthermia protocol. This edition has a new full-color design and colorized illustrations.
Synopsis
From perioperative evaluation to postoperative care, this pocket-sized edition of Clinical Anesthesia, Fourth Edition provides easy access to essential bedside information. Its concise and readable outline format incorporates hundreds of tables, graphs, and algorithms--all summarizing and prioritizing crucial clinical points. This new edition includes up-to-date guidelines on office-based anesthesia...cost-effective preoperative testing...hazards of working in the OR...prevention and management of OR fires...preoperative preparation and fasting...anesthesia for minimally invasive surgical procedures...and drug interactions. Appendices include an extensive ECG atlas, plus guidelines for OR management of pacemakers and automated implantable defibrillators.
Table of Contents
SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO ANESTHESIOLOGY
- History of Anesthesia
- Scope of Practice
- Occupational Health
- Anesthetic Risk, Quality Improvement, and Liability
SECTION II SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF ANESTHESIA
- Mechanisms of Anesthesia and Consciousness
- Genomic Basis of Perioperative Medicine
- Pharmacologic Principles
- Electrical Fire and Safety
- Experimental Design and Statistics
SECTION III ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
- Respiratory Function
- Immune Function and Allergic Response
- Inflammation, Wound Healing, and Infection
- Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Physiology
- Autonomic Nervous System
- Hemostasis and Transfusion Medicine
SECTION IV ANESTHETIC AGENTS, ADJUVANTS, AND DRUG INTERACTION
- Inhaled Anesthetics
- Intravenous Anesthesia
- Opioids
- Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
- Local Anesthetics
- Drug Interactions
SECTION V PREANESTHETIC EVALUATION AND PREPARATION
- Preoperative Patient Assessment and Management
- Malignant Hyperthermia and Other Inherited Disorders
- Rare and Coexisting Diseases
- The Anesthesia Workstation and Delivery Systems
SECTION VI ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT
- Standard Monitoring Techniques
- Echocardiography
- Airway Management
- Patient Positioning and Related Injuries
- Monitored Anesthesia Care
- Ambulatory Anesthesia
- Office-Based Anesthesia
- Anesthesia Provided at Alternate Sites
- Anesthesia for the Older Patient
- Anesthesia for Trauma and Burn Patients
- Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia
- Peripheral Nerve Blockade
SECTION VII ANESTHESIA FOR SURGICAL SUBSPECIALTIES
- Anesthesia for Neurosurgery
- Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
- Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery
- Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery
- Obstetrical Anesthesia
- Neonatal Anesthesia
- Pediatric Anesthesia
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Anesthesia and Obesity
- Hepatic Anatomy, Function and Physiology
- Endocrine Function
- Anesthesia for Otolaryngologic Surgery
- Anesthesia for Ophthalmologic Surgery
- The Renal System andAnesthesia for Urologic Surgery
- Anesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery
- Transplant Anesthesia
SECTION VIII PERIOPERATIVE AND CONSULTATIVE SERVICES
- Post Anesthesia Recovery
- Critical Care Medicine
- Acute Pain Management
- Chronic Pain Management
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Disaster Preparedness
APPENDICES
- Formulas
- Electrocardiography Atlas
- American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Protocols
- American Society of Anesthesiologists Standards, Guidelines, and Practice Parameters
- The Airway Approach Algorithm and Difficult Airway Algorithm
- Malignant Hyperthermia Protocol
- Drug List
- Herbal Medications
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