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, 7th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded 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, offering practical coverage of the full range of essential topics in the practice of anesthesiology, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices Contains new chapters on Infection Diseases and Anesthesia, Head and Neck Anesthesia, Anesthesia and the Developing World, and Non-Operating Room Anesthesia Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Table of Contents:
SECTION 1. Fundamentals of Anesthetic Care 1. Introduction to Anesthesia 2. Preoperative 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 SECTION 2. Pharmacology 14. Inhaled Anesthetics 15. Intravenous Anesthetics 16. Opioids 17. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents 18. Local Anesthetics 19. Vasoactive Agents SECTION 3. Patient Monitoring and Procedures 20. Pulse and Cerebral 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 SECTION 4. Perioperative Problems 30. Blood Pressure Disturbances 31. Pulmonary Complications 32. Awareness During Anesthesia 33. Temperature Disturbances 34. Post-Anesthetic Care 35. Infectious Disease and Anesthesia SECTION 5. Anesthesia and Select Systemic Disease 36. Coronary Artery Disease and Perioperative Myocardial Infarction 37. Heart Failure 38. Valvular Heart Disease 39. Pulmonary Hypertension 40. Obstructive Lung Disease. Asthma and COPD 41. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 42. Hepatic Dysfunction and Liver Transplantation 43. Renal Function and Anesthesia 44. Intracranial and Cerebrovascular Disease 45. Intracranial Hypertension and Traumatic Brain Injury 46. Malignant Hyperthermia and Other Myopathies 47. Degenerative Neurological Diseases and Neuropathies 48. Diabetes Mellitus 49. Nondiabetic Endocrine Disease 50. Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea 51. Alcohol and Substance Misuse SECTION 6. Anesthesia and Select Patient Populations 52. Neonatal Anesthesia 53. Pediatric Anesthesia 54. Congenital Heart Disease 55. Fundamentals of Obstetric Anesthesia 56. Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia 57. High-Risk Obstetrics 58. Head and Neck Anesthesia 59. Trauma Anesthesia 60. The Burned Patient 61. Geriatric Anesthesia 62. Global Health and Anesthesia SECTION 7. Anesthesia and Select Surgical Procedures 63. Laparoscopic Surgery 64. Major Vascular Surgery 65. Cardiac Surgery. Cardiopulmonary Bypass 66. Thoracic Surgery. Lung Isolation Techniques 67. Spine Surgery 68. Craniotomy 69. Shoulder Operations 70. Nonoperating Room Anesthesia 71. Electroconvulsive Therapy SECTION 8. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management 72. Fundamentals of Regional Anesthesia 73. Peripheral Nerve and Trunk Blocks 74. Nerve Blocks for The Head and Neck 75. Neuraxial Anesthesia and Analgesia 76. Acute Pain Management 77. 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. Thomas B. Moore, CRNA, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.