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, 6th Edition offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in the practice of anesthesiology. This bestselling 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
Table of Contents:Section 1: Basics of Patient Management
- 1. Autonomic Nervous System
James C. Duke - 2. Respiratory and Pulmonary Physiology
Barbara Wilkey - 3. Blood Gas and Acid-Base Analysis
James C. Duke - 4. Volume Regulation, Volume Disturbances and Fluid Replacement
James C. Duke - 5. Electrolytes
James C. Duke - 6. Transfusion Therapy
James C. Duke - 7. Coagulation
Jason P. Krutsch - 8. Airway Management
James C. Duke - 9. Pulmonary Function Testing
James C. Duke
Section 2: Pharmacology
- 10. Volatile Anesthetics
Michelle Dianne Herren - 11. Opioids
Christopher Ciarallo - 12. Intravenous Anesthetics and Benzodiazepines
Olivia Romano - 13. Muscle Relaxants and Monitoring of Relaxant Activity
James C. Duke - 14. Local Anesthetics
Sunil Kumar and James C. Duke - 15. Inotropes and Vasodilator Drugs
Michael Kim and Nathaen Weitzel - 16. Preoperative Medication
James C. Duke and Sunil Kumar
Section 3: Preparing for Anesthesia
- 17. Preoperative Evaluation
Mark Chandler and James C. Duke - 18. The Anesthesia Machine and Vaporizers, and Anesthesia Circuits and Ventilators
James C. Duke - 19. Patient Positioning
James C. Duke - 20. Mechanical Ventilation in Critical Illness
James B. Haenel and Jeffrey L. Johnson
Section 4: Patient Monitoring and Procedures
- 21. Pulse Oximetry
Renee Koltes-Edwards - 22. Capnography
James C. Duke - 23. Central Venous Catheterization and Pressure Monitoring
Daniel R. Beck and Jacob Friedman - 24. Flow Directed Therapy
Bethany Benish
Section 5: Perioperative Problems
- 25. Blood Pressure Disturbances, Arterial Catheterization, and Blood Pressure Monitoring
James C. Duke - 26. Awareness During Anesthesia
Aaron Murray - 27. Temperature Disturbances
James C. Duke - 28. Postanesthetic Care
Michael Sawyer
Section 6: Anesthesia and Systemic Disease
- 29. Ischemic Heart Disease and Myocardial Infarction
Tamas Seres - 30. Heart Failure
Tamas Seres - 31. Valvular Heart Disease
Tamas Seres - 32. Aorto-Occlusive Diseases
Gurdev S. Rai - 33. Intracranial and Cerebrovascular Disease
Gurdev S. Rai - 34. Reactive Airway Disease
Malcolm Packer - 35. Aspiration
Malcolm Packer - 36. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Howard Miller - 37. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
James B. Haenel and Jeffrey L. Johnson - 38. Pulmonary Hypertension
Nathaen Weitzel and Benjamin Atwood - 39. Perioperative Hepatic Dysfunction and Liver Transplantation
Matthew J. Fiegel - 40. Renal Function and Anesthesia
James C. Duke - 41. Increased Intracranial Pressure and Traumatic Brain Injury
Brian Michael Keech - 42. Malignant Hyperthermia and Other Motor Diseases
James C. Duke - 43. Degenerative Neuologic Diseases and Neuropathies
James C. Duke - 44. Alcohol and Substance Abuse
James C. Duke - 45. Diabetes Mellitus
Robert Slover and Robin Slover - 46. Nondiabetic Endocrine Disease
James C. Duke - 47. Obesity and Sleep Apnea
Gillian E. Johnson and James C. Duke - 48. Allergic Reactions
James C. Duke - 49. Herbal Supplements
James C. Duke
Section 7: Special Anesthetic Considerations
- 50. Trauma
James C. Duke - 51. The Burned Patient, Laser Surgery, and Operating Room Fires
Philip R. Levin, Alma Juels and James C. Duke - 52. Nenonatal Anesthesia
Rita Agarwal and Laurie M. Steward - 53. Pediatric Anesthesia
Rita Agarwal and Laurie M. Steward - 54. Congenital Heart Disease
Lawrence I. Schwartz and Robert Freisen - 55. Fundamentals of Obstetric Anesthesia
Ana M. Lobo and Mary DiMiceli - 56. Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia
Ana M. Lobo and Mary DiMiceli - 57. High-Risk Obstetrics
Ana M. Lobo and Mary DiMiceli - 58. Geriatric Anesthesia
Gurdev S. Rai - 59. Sedation and Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room
James C. Duke and Mark Chandler - 60. Pacemakers and Internal Cardioverter Defibrillators
Christopher Lowery and James C. Duke
Section 8: Regional Anesthesia
- 61. Spinal Anesthesia
James C. Duke - 62. Epidural Analgesia and Anesthesia
Rachel M. Kacmar and Andrea J. Fuller - 63. Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Ronald Valdivieso
Section 9: Anesthetic Considerations in Selected Surgical Procedures
- 64. Principles of Anesthesia in Heart Transplantation
Tamas Seres - 65. Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Barbara Wilkey and Nathaen Weitzel - 66. Lung Isolation Techniques
Mark Twite and Lawrence I. Schwartz - 67. Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials and Spinal Surgery
Daniel J. Janik - 68. Anesthesia for Craniotomy
Daniel J. Janik - 69. Minimally Invasive Surgery
Prairie Neely Robinson and James C. Duke - 70. Electroconvulsive Therapy
Philip R. Levin and Alma Juels
Section 10: Pain Management
- 71. Acute Pain Management
Robin Slover, Jennifer A. Zieg, and Rachel G. Clopton - 72. Chronic Pain Management
Ronald Valdivieso and Jason P. Krutsch
