Anesthesia Secrets: (Secrets)

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. The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time - succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective Fully revised and updated throughout, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices New chapters on Electrocardiogram Interpretation, Cardiac Physiology, Vasoactive Agents, Volume Assessment, Blood Pressure Disturbances, Mechanical Ventilation Strategies, Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography, Neuraxial Techniques, Peripheral Nerve and Trunk Blocks, Patient Safety, and Medical Ethics Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams Features bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from leaders in the field - all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Table of Contents:
1. INTRODUCTION TO ANESTHESIA 2. PRE-OPERATIVE EVALUATION 3. AIRWAY MANAGEMENT 4. AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 5. CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY 6. PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY 7. ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS 8. VOLUME REGULATION AND FLUID REPLACEMENT 9. ELECTROLYTES 10. COAGULATION 11. TRANSFUSION THERAPY 12. PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT SAFETY 13. PERIOPERATIVE MEDICAL ETHICS 14. INHALED ANESTHETICS 15. INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETICS 16. OPIOIDS 17. NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS 18. LOCAL ANESTHETICS 19. VASOACTIVE AGENTS 20. PULSE OXIMETRY 21. CAPNOGRAPHY 22. BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AND ARTERIAL CATHETERIZATION 23. CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION 24. PERIOPERATIVE POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 25. VOLUME ASSESSMENT 26. THE ANESTHESIA MACHINE 27. MECHANICAL VENTILATION STRATEGIES 28. ELECTROCARDIOGRAM 29. PACEMAKERS AND INTERNAL CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS 30. BLOOD PRESSURE DISTURBANCES 31. PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS 32. AWARENESS DURING ANESTHESIA 33. TEMPERATURE DISTURBANCES 34. POST-ANESTHETIC CARE 35. CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND PERIOPERATIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION 36. HEART FAILURE 37. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE 38. PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 39. OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE: ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE 40. ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME 41. HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 42. RENAL FUNCTION AND ANESTHESIA 43. INTRACRANIAL AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 44. INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 45. MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA AND OTHER MYOPATHIES 46. DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND NEUROPATHIES 47. DIABETES MELLITUS CHAPTER 48 NONDIABETIC ENDOCRINE DISEASE 49. OBESITY AND OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA 50. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 51. NEONATAL ANESTHESIA 52. PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA 53. CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 54. FUNDAMENTALS OF OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA 55. OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA AND ANESTHESIA 56. HIGH-RISK OBSTETRICS 57. TRAUMA ANESTHESIA 58. THE BURNED PATIENT 59. GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA 60. LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY 61. MAJOR VASCULAR SURGERY 62. CARDIAC SURGERY: CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS 63. THORACIC SURGERY: LUNG ISOLATION TECHNIQUES 64. SPINE SURGERY CHAPTER 65 CRANIOTOMY 66. SHOULDER OPERATIONS 67. ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY CHAPTER 68 FUNDAMENTALS OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA 69. PERIPHERAL NERVE AND TRUNK BLOCKS 70. NERVE BLOCKS FOR THE HEAD AND NECK 71. NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA 72. ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT 73. CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT

About the Author :
Brian M. Keech is a Staff Anesthesiologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado. Ryan D. Laterza is a Attending Critical Care Anesthesiologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.