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Anesthesia Secrets

Get the answers and review you need for successful patient care

Brian M. Keech (Edited by), Ryan D. Laterza (Edited by)

9780323640152

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2020

512 pages, 85 illustrations
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.66 kg

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.

  • The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.

  • Fully revised and updated throughout, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices.

  • New chapters on Electrocardiogram Interpretation, Cardiac Physiology, Vasoactive Agents, Volume Assessment, Blood Pressure Disturbances, Mechanical Ventilation Strategies, Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography, Neuraxial Techniques, Peripheral Nerve and Trunk Blocks, Patient Safety, and Medical Ethics.

  • Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.

  • Features bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from leaders in the field – all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content.

  • Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.

  • 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.

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO ANESTHESIA Chapter 2 PRE-OPERATIVE EVALUATION Chapter 3 AIRWAY MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 4 AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM CHAPTER 5 CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY CHAPTER 6 PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY CHAPTER 7 ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS CHAPTER 8 VOLUME REGULATION AND FLUID REPLACEMENT CHAPTER 9 ELECTROLYTES CHAPTER 10 COAGULATION CHAPTER 11 TRANSFUSION THERAPY CHAPTER 12 PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT SAFETY CHAPTER 13 PERIOPERATIVE MEDICAL ETHICS CHAPTER 14 INHALED ANESTHETICS CHAPTER 15 INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETICS CHAPTER 16 OPIOIDS CHAPTER 17 NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS CHAPTER 18 LOCAL ANESTHETICS CHAPTER 19 VASOACTIVE AGENTS CHAPTER 20 PULSE OXIMETRY CHAPTER 21 CAPNOGRAPHY CHAPTER 22 BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AND ARTERIAL CATHETERIZATION CHAPTER 23 CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION CHAPTER 24 PERIOPERATIVE POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY CHAPTER 25 VOLUME ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 26 THE ANESTHESIA MACHINE CHAPTER 27 MECHANICAL VENTILATION STRATEGIES CHAPTER 28 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM CHAPTER 29 PACEMAKERS AND INTERNAL CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS CHAPTER 30 BLOOD PRESSURE DISTURBANCES CHAPTER 31 PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS CHAPTER 32 AWARENESS DURING ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 33 TEMPERATURE DISTURBANCES CHAPTER 34 POST-ANESTHETIC CARE CHAPTER 35 CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND PERIOPERATIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION CHAPTER 36 HEART FAILURE CHAPTER 37 VALVULAR HEART DISEASE CHAPTER 38 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION CHAPTER 39 OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE: ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE CHAPTER 40 ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME CHAPTER 41 HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION CHAPTER 42 RENAL FUNCTION AND ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 43 INTRACRANIAL AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE CHAPTER 44 INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CHAPTER 45 MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA AND OTHER MYOPATHIES CHAPTER 46 DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND NEUROPATHIES CHAPTER 47 DIABETES MELLITUS CHAPTER 48 NONDIABETIC ENDOCRINE DISEASE CHAPTER 49 OBESITY AND OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA CHAPTER 50 ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CHAPTER 51 NEONATAL ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 52 PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 53 CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE CHAPTER 54 FUNDAMENTALS OF OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 55 OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA AND ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 56 HIGH-RISK OBSTETRICS CHAPTER 57 TRAUMA ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 58 THE BURNED PATIENT CHAPTER 59 GERIATRIC ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 60 LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY CHAPTER 61 MAJOR VASCULAR SURGERY CHAPTER 62 CARDIAC SURGERY: CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS CHAPTER 63 THORACIC SURGERY: LUNG ISOLATION TECHNIQUES CHAPTER 64 SPINE SURGERY CHAPTER 65 CRANIOTOMY CHAPTER 66 SHOULDER OPERATIONS CHAPTER 67 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY CHAPTER 68 FUNDAMENTALS OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 69 PERIPHERAL NERVE AND TRUNK BLOCKS CHAPTER 70 NERVE BLOCKS FOR THE HEAD AND NECK CHAPTER 71 NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA CHAPTER 72 ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 73 CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT

Subject Areas: General surgery [MNC], Anaesthetics [MMB]
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