Clinical Cases in Anesthesia

Prepare for the oral boards with the thoroughly updated Clinical Cases in Anesthesia. This comprehensive and current anesthesia review tool presents case studies representing today's most commonly encountered clinical situations, equipping you to master the latest anesthesia treatment protocols and practice guidelines and achieve your very best score.

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SECTION 1 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
1 Coronary Artery Disease
2 Recent Myocardial Infarction
3 Congestive Heart Failure
4 Aortic Stenosis
5 Mitral Stenosis
6 Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
7 Cardiac Pacemakers and Difibtillators
8 Cardiac Tamponade
9 Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device Presenting for Noncardiac Surgery
10 Noncardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation
11 Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

SECTION 2 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
12 One-Lung Anesthesia
13 Thoracoscopy

SECTION 3 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
14 Intracranial Mass, Intracranial Pressure, Venous Air Embolism, and Autoregulation
15 Intracranial Aneurysm
16 Carotid Endarterectomy
17 Electroconvulsive Therapy
18 Spine Surgery
19 Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy

SECTION 4 NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM
20 Depolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade
21 Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade
22 Antagonism of Nondepolarizing Neuromuscular Blockade
23 Monitoring The Neuromuscular Junction
24 Myasthenia Gravis
25 Malignant Hyperthemia

SECTION 5 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
26 Diabetes Mellitus
27 Thyroid Disease
28 Parathyroidectomy
29 Perioperative Corticosteroid Administration
30 Pheochromocytoma
31 Carcinoid Syndrome

SECTION 6 ABDOMEN
32 Full Stomach
33 Major Hepatic Resection
34 Open Abdominal Aortic Repair
35 Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Repair
36 Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
37 Super Morbid Obesity
38 Robotic Prostatectomy
39 Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

SECTION 7 EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
40 Open-Eye Injury and Intraocular Pressure
41 Retinal Detachment
42 Tympanomastoidectomy
43 The Difficult Airway
44 Laser Laryngoscopy
45 Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

SECTION 8 BLOOD
46 Transfusion Reaction
47 Perioperative Coagulopathies
48 Blood