Practical Handbook of Thoracic Anesthesia

Preface: How to use this book.- I. Essential Foundations:.- 1. Thoracic Radiology.- 2. Respiratory Physiology.- 3. Resiratory Pathophysiology.- 4. Respiratory Effects of General Anesthesia.- 5. Physiology of One-Lung Ventilation.- 6. Idiopathic Acute Lung Injury following Thoracic Surgery.- II. Essential Technical Aspects.- 7. Thoracic Positioning & Incisions.- 8. Bronchoscopic Anatomy.- 9. echnical Aspects of Lung Isolation.- 10. Special Airway Devices for Thoracic Anesthesia: CPAP, PEEP, & Airway Exchange Catheters.- 11. Alternative Ventilatory Techniques.- 12. Respiratory Therapy Devices.- 13. Technical Aspects of Pain Control Procedures for Thoracic Surgery.- III. Essential Principals of Clinical Management.- 14. Preoperative Evaluation of the Thoracic Surgical Patient.- 15. Overview: Surgeon's Approach to the Patient with Lung Cancer.- 16. Principals of Anesthetic Management for Pulmonary Resection.- 17. Management of Common Complications Following Thoracic Surgery.- IV. Specific Thoracic Surgical Procedures: Surgical & Anesthetic Management Essentials.- 18. Flexible Bronchoscopy.- 19. Mediastinoscopy.- 20. Anterior Mediastinal Mass.- 21. Lung-Sparing Pulmonary Resections: Bronchoplastic/Sleeve Resection.- 22. Pneumonectomy.- 23. Extrapleural Pneumonectomy.- 24. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery.- 25. Plueral Space Procedures.- 26. Rigid Bronchoscopy.- 27. Laser Surgery of the Airway and Laser Safety.- 28. Tracheal Stent Placement.- 29. Anesthesia for Tracheostomy.- 30. Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction.- 31. Bronchopleural Fistula.- 32. Esophagectomy.- 33. Esophageal Perforation.- 34. Lung Transplantation.- 35. Miscellaneous Thoracic Surgical Procedures.- 36. Anesthesia for Pediatric Thoracic Surgery.- V. Essential of Pain Management following Thoracic Surgery.- 37. Acute Postoperative Pain Control following Thoracic Surgery.-38. Chronic Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome.- Index.