Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital

CLINICAL ANESTHESIA PROCEDURES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Apply today’s best practices in anesthesiology! Relied on for over 30 years by practicing anesthesiologists and residents as well as nurse anesthetists, Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital offers you current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines on all facets of anesthesia, perioperative care, critical care, and pain management from a host of seasoned experts.
Key Features:

• Find the answers you need effortlessly through an easy-to-scan outline format that progresses intuitively from preoperative evaluation through administration of anesthesia to perioperative issues for each subject.
• Focus on the clinical fundamentals needed for the safe delivery of anesthesia and perioperative care.
• Achieve excellent outcomes using proven procedures from the internationally recognized Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

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CONTENT

PART I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT BEFORE ANESTHESIA

1 Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia

2 Specific Considerations with Cardiac Disease

3 Specific Considerations with Pulmonary Disease

4 Specific Considerations with Renal Disease

5 Specific Considerations with Liver Disease

6 Specific Considerations with Endocrine Disease

7 Infectious Diseases and Infection Control in Anesthesia

PART II: ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA

8 Safety in Anesthesia

9 The Anesthesia Machine

10 Monitoring

11 Monitoring Anesthetic Brain States

12 Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics

13 Neuromuscular Blockade

14 Airway Evaluation and Management

15 Administration of General Anesthesia

16 Local Anesthetics

17 Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia

18 Regional Anesthesia

19 Intra-anesthetic Problems

20 Perioperative Hemodynamic Control

21 Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery

22 Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

23 Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery

24 Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery

25 Anesthesia for Neurosurgery

26 Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery

27 Anesthesia for Spine Surgery

28 Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery

29 Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients

30 Care of the Neonate

31 Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery

32 Anesthesia for Obstetrics and Gynecology

33 Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room

34 Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns

35 Transfusion Therapy

PART III: PERIOPERATIVE ISSUES

36 The Postanesthesia Care Unit

37 Postoperative Pulmonary Complications

38 Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation

39 Pain Management

40 Complementary and Alternative Medicine

41 Ethical and End-of-Life Issues

APPENDIX I: Drugs with Narrow Therapeutic Ranges and Potential for Harm

APPENDIX II: Commonly Used Drugs

APPENDIX III: Common Intravenous Antibiotics