• Features a reader-friendly format with color-coded section tabs, easy-to-read chapters, and a concise writing style, along with color patterns in every chapter for quick navigation.
• Contains new chapters on Clinician Well-Being, Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Environmental Impact of Anesthetics, and Perioperative Medicine.
• Covers key topics such as anesthesia neurotoxicity, palliative care, sleep medicine, trauma, and much more.
• Includes high-quality images that offer a detailed visual understanding of complex topics, while numerous figures and tables condense material for easier retention and review.
• Shares the knowledge and experience of renowned anesthesia expert Dr. Manuel C. Pardo, Jr. and a team of more than 80 global contributing authors.
• Serves both as an initial learning resource and a useful tool for solidifying the essential “must know” information and reviewing core knowledge for maintenance of certification.
• 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

Section I INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 SCOPE OF ANESTHESIA PRACTICE

Chapter 2 LEARNING ANESTHESIA

Chapter 3 CLINICIAN WELL-BEING

Section II PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Chapter 4 BASIC PHARMACOLOGIC PRINCIPLES

Chapter 5 CLINICAL CARDIAC AND PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY

Chapter 6 AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

Chapter 7 INHALED ANESTHETICS

Chapter 8 INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETICS

Chapter 9 OPIOIDS

Chapter 10 LOCAL ANESTHETICS

Chapter 11 NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AND REVERSAL AGENTS

Chapter 12 ANESTHETIC NEUROTOXICITY

Section III PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION AND INTRAOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT

Chapter 13 PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION

Chapter 14 CHOICE OF ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUE

Chapter 15 ANESTHESIA DELIVERY SYSTEMS

Chapter 16 AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

Chapter 17 SPINAL, EPIDURAL, AND CAUDAL ANESTHESIA

Chapter 18 PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS

Chapter 19 PATIENT POSITIONING AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

Chapter 20 ANESTHETIC MONITORING

Chapter 21 POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND

Chapter 22 ACID–BASE BALANCE AND BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS

Chapter 23 HEMOSTASIS

Chapter 24 FLUID MANAGEMENT

Chapter 25 BLOOD THERAPY

Section IV SPECIAL ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS

Chapter 26 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Chapter 27 CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE

Chapter 28 RENAL, LIVER, AND BILIARY TRACT DISEASE

Chapter 29 NUTRITIONAL, GASTROINTESTINAL, AND ENDOCRINE DISEASE

Chapter 30 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE

Chapter 31 OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY

Chapter 32 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Chapter 33 OBSTETRICS

Chapter 34 PEDIATRICS

Chapter 35 GERIATRICS

Chapter 36 ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

Chapter 37 OUTPATIENT ANESTHESIA

Chapter 38 ANESTHESIA FOR PROCEDURES IN NONOPERATING ROOM LOCATIONS

Section V THE RECOVERY PERIOD

Chapter 39 POSTANESTHESIA RECOVERY

Chapter 40 PERIOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT

SECTION VI CONSULTANT ANESTHETIC PRACTICE

Chapter 41 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Chapter 42 PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE

Chapter 43 ANESTHESIA FOR TRAUMA

Chapter 44 CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT

Chapter 45 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

Chapter 46 QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY IN ANESTHESIA CARE

Chapter 47 PALLIATIVE CARE

Chapter 48 SLEEP MEDICINE AND ANESTHESIA

Chapter 49 ANESTHESIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

INDEX