Anesthesia Secrets

6th Edition - April 23, 2020
Editors: Brian M. Keech, Ryan D. Laterza
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 4 0 1 5 - 2
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 4 0 1 6 - 9

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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Anesthesia Secrets, 6th Edition offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in the practice of anesthesiology. This bestselling resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
Preface
Top 100 Secrets
1: Fundamentals of Anesthetic Care
Chapter 1: Introduction to anesthesia
Chapter 2: Pre-operative evaluation
Question/Answers
Chapter 3: Airway management
Chapter 4: Autonomic nervous system
Questions/Answers
Chapter 5: Cardiac physiology
Chapter 6: Pulmonary physiology
Chapter 7: Arterial blood gas analysis
Chapter 8: Volume regulation and fluid replacement
Chapter 9: Electrolytes
Questions: Electrolytes
Chapter 10: Coagulation
Chapter 11: Transfusion therapy
Chapter 12: Perioperative patient safety
Allergic Reactions
Operating Room Fires
Patient Positioning
Ophthalmic Complications
Venous Air Embolism
Chapter 13: Perioperative medical ethics
2: Pharmacology
Chapter 14: Inhaled anesthetics
Questions/Answers
Chapter 15: Intravenous anesthetics
Chapter 16: Opioids
Chapter 17: Neuromuscular blocking agents
Chapter 18: Local anesthetics
Chapter 19: Vasoactive agents
3: Patient Monitoring and Procedures
Chapter 20: Pulse oximetry
Chapter 21: Capnography
Chapter 22: Blood pressure monitoring and arterial catheterization
Chapter 23: Central venous catheterization
Chapter 24: Perioperative point-of-care ultrasound and echocardiography
Chapter 25: Volume assessment
Chapter 26: The anesthesia machine
Chapter 27: Mechanical ventilation strategies
Chapter 28: Electrocardiogram
RBBB
LBBB
Frontal Plane
QRS Morphology in Precordial Leads
Rhythm
Chapter 29: Pacemakers and internal cardioverter defibrillators
4: Perioperative Problems
Chapter 30: Blood pressure disturbances
Chapter 31: Pulmonary complications
Aspiration
Laryngospasm
Bronchospasm
Extubation
Chapter 32: Awareness during anesthesia
Chapter 33: Temperature disturbances
Chapter 34: Post-anesthetic care
5: Anesthesia and Select Systemic Disease
Chapter 35: Coronary artery disease and perioperative myocardial infarction
Chapter 36: Heart failure
Chapter 37: Valvular heart disease
Chapter 38: Pulmonary hypertension
Chapter 39: Obstructive lung disease: asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chapter 40: Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Chapter 41: Hepatic dysfunction and liver transplantation
Chapter 42: Renal function and anesthesia
Chapter 43: Intracranial and cerebrovascular disease
Chapter 44: Intracranial hypertension and traumatic brain injury
Chapter 45: Malignant hyperthermia and other myopathies
Chapter 46: Degenerative neurological diseases and neuropathies
Chapter 47: Diabetes mellitus
Chapter 48: Nondiabetic endocrine disease
Chapter 49: Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea
Chapter 50: Alcohol and substance abuse
6: Anesthesia and Select Patient Populations
Chapter 51: Neonatal anesthesia
Chapter 52: Pediatric anesthesia
Chapter 53: Congenital heart disease
Chapter 54: Fundamentals of obstetric anesthesia
Chapter 55: Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia
Chapter 56: High-risk obstetrics
Chapter 57: Trauma anesthesia
Chapter 58: The burned patient
Chapter 59: Geriatric anesthesia
7: Anesthesia and Select Surgical Procedures
Chapter 60: Laparoscopic surgery
Chapter 61: Major vascular surgery
Chapter 62: Cardiac surgery: cardiopulmonary bypass
Chapter 63: Thoracic surgery: lung isolation techniques
Chapter 64: Spine surgery
Chapter 65: Craniotomy
Chapter 66: Shoulder operations
Chapter 67: Electroconvulsive therapy
8: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management
Chapter 68: Fundamentals of regional anesthesia
Chapter 69: Peripheral nerve and trunk blocks
Chapter 70: Nerve blocks for the head and neck
Chapter 71: Neuraxial anesthesia and analgesia
Chapter 72: Acute pain management
Chapter 73: Chronic pain management
Index

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Brian M. Keech

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