Anesthesia Secrets

I. BASICS OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT 1. The Autonomic Nervous System 2. Oxygenation and Ventilation 3. Blood Gas and Acid-Base Analysis 4. Fluids and Electrolytes 5. Hemotherapy 6. Coagulation 7. Airway Management II. PHARMACOLOGY 8. Volatile Anesthetics 9. Intravenous Induction Agents 10. Opioids 11. Benzodiazepines 12. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents 13. Local Anesthetics 14. Inotropes and Vasoactive Drugs III. PREPARING FOR ANESTHESIA 15. The Preoperative Evaluation 16. Preoperative Medication 17. The Anesthesia Machine 18. Anesthesia Circuits 19. Anesthesia Ventilators 20. Vaporizers 21. Patient Positioning IV. PATIENT MONITORING AND PROCEDURES 22. Electrocardiography 23. Pulse Oximetry 24. Capnography 25. Monitoring Neuromuscular Function 26. Central Venous Catheterization and Pressure Monitoring 27. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization 28. Arterial Catheterization and Pressure Monitoring V. PERIOPERATIVE PROBLEMS 29. Hypoxemia and Pulmonary Physiology 30. Hypercarbia 31. Hypotension 32. Hypertension 33. Awareness During Anesthesia 34. Cardiac Dysrhythmias 35. Temperature Monitoring and Disturbances 36. Postanesthetic Care and Complications VI. ANESTHESIA AND SYSTEMIC DISEASE 37. Ischemic Heart Disease and Myocardial Infarction 38. Congestive Heart Failure 39. Valvular Heart Disease 40. Aorto-occlusive Disease 41. Cerebrovascular Insufficiency 42. Reactive Airway Disease 43. Aspiration 44. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 45. Pulmonary Hypertension and Vasodilator Therapy 46. Anesthesia and Perioperative Hepatic Dysfunction 47. Renal Function and Anesthesia 48. Increased Intracranial Pressure 49. Muscular Disorders and Neuropathies 50. Anesthetic Concerns in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury 51. Anesthetic Management of Myasthenia Gravis 52. Malignant Hyperthermia 53. Alcoholism 54. Diabetes Mellitus 55. Thyroid and Adrenal Disease 56. Obesity 57. Anesthesia for Trauma 58. Anesthesia and Burns VII. SPECIAL ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS 59. Neonatal Anesthesia 60. Pediatric Anesthesia 61. Fundamentals of Obstetric Anesthesia 62. Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia 63. High-Risk Obstetrics and Coexisting Disease 64. The Geriatric Patient 65. Outpatient Anesthesia 66. Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room 67. Artificial Cardiac Pacemakers 68. Congenital Heart Disease VIII. REGIONAL ANESTHESIA 69. Spinal Anesthesia 70. Epidural Analgesia and Anesthesia 71. Peripheral Nerve Blocks IX. ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTED SURGICAL PROCEDURES 72. Cardiopulmonary Bypass 73. Double-Lumen Endotracheal Tubes and One-Lung Ventilation 74. Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials and Spinal Surgery 75. Deliberate Hypotension 76. Anesthesia for Craniotomy 77. Laparoscopy 78. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate 79. Anesthetic Considerations for Laser Surgery 80. Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy X. PAIN MANAGEMENT 81. Acute Pain Management 82. Chronic Pain XI. CRITICAL CARE 83. Respiratory Therapy 84. Pulmonary Function Testing and Interpretation 85. Modes of Mechanical Ventilation 86. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Intensive Care Unit 87. Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit 88. Sepsis and the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome 89. ARDS