Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia

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.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO ANESTHESIOLOGY: History of Anesthesia / Practice and Operating Room Management / Occupational Health / Anesthetic Risk, Quality Improvement, and Liability
SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF ANESTHESIA: Mechanisms of Anesthesia and Consciousness / Pharmacogenomics and Proteomics / Pharmacologic Principles / Electrical Fire and Safety / Experimental Design and Statistics
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 / Hemotherapy and Hemostasis
ANESTHETIC AGENTS, ADJUVANTS, AND DRUG INTERACTION: Inhaled Anesthetics / Intravenous Anesthesia / Opioids / Neuromuscular Blocking Agents / Local Anesthetics / Drug Interactions
PRE-ANESTHETIC EVALUATION AND PREPARATION: Preoperative Patient Assessment and Management / Malignant Hyperthermia and Other Inherited Disorders / Anesthesia for Patients with Rare and Coexisting Diseases / The Anesthesia Workstation and Delivery Systems
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT: Standard Monitoring Techniques / Perioperative Echocardiography / Airway Management / Patient Positioning and Related Injuries / Monitored Anesthesia Care / Ambulatory Anesthesia / Office-Based Anesthesia / Anesthesia Provided at Alternate Sites / Geriatric Anesthesia / Anesthesia for Trauma and Burn Patients / Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia / Peripheral Nerve Blockade
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 / Anesthesia and the Liver / Endocrine Function / Anesthesia for Otolaryngologic Surgery / Anesthesia for Ophthalmologic Surgery / Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery / Anesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery / Transplant Anesthesia
PERIOPERATIVE AND CONSULTATIVE SERVICES: Post Anesthesia Recovery / Critical Care Medicine / Acute Pain Management / Chronic Pain Management / Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Disaster Preparedness
APPENDIX: Electrocardiography