Core Topics in Thoracic Anesthesia

An accessible source of information about the current spectrum of anesthesia and critical care management of patients undergoing thoracic surgery.

Cait P. Searl (Edited by), Sameena T. Ahmed (Edited by)

9780521867122, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 April 2009

230 pages, 30 b/w illus. 32 tables
25.3 x 19.3 x 1.5 cm, 0.67 kg

'… concise but comprehensive … All anaesthesia providers in the field will find this valuable for their daily practice and preparation for examinations.' Doody's

Providing an easily readable source of information about the current spectrum of anesthesia and critical care management of patients undergoing thoracic surgery, this book forms part of the successful Core Topics brand. The book provides practical assistance to those commencing careers in thoracic anesthesia and will also to be a useful aide-memoire to those already working in the field. The comprehensive content includes discussion of some of the more contentious issues in the management of thoracic patients as well as giving a flavour of the rapid evolution of new techniques that are of increasing importance in the field, such as lung-assist devices, different modes of ventilation and VAT surgery. Both editors are practising cardiothoracic anesthetists/intensivists at an internationally recognized centre for thoracic surgery, particularly lung transplantation. The contributors are chosen for their clinical expertise and to give a spectrum of opinion across the range of thoracic anesthesia.

Preface
Abbreviations
Part I. Preoperative Considerations: 1. Anatomy David Morrice
2. Physiology Cait P. Searl
3. Respiratory pharmacology Cait P. Searl
4. Respiratory diseases Cait P. Searl
5. Preoperative assessment Sion Barnard and Douglas Aitchison
6. One lung isolation David Place
7. Management of one-lung ventilation Leena Pardeshi and Ian Conacher
Part II. Anesthesia for Operative Procedures: 8. Bronchoscopy Ian Conacher
9. Tracheal surgery Taj Dhallu
10. Mediastinoscopy/mediastinotomy David Smith
11. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery Mahesh Prabhu
12. Anesthesia for lung resection John Jerstice
13. Surgical management of emphysema Christopher Wigfield and Cait P. Searl
14. Lung transplantation Cait P. Searl and Stephen Clark
15. Anesthesia for pulmonary thrombo-endarterectomy K. Valchanov and Alain Vuylsteke
16. Anesthesia for oesophageal surgery A. Banni
17. Anesthesia for pleural and chest wall surgery Cait P. Searl
18. Anesthetic implications of chest trauma Sameena T. Ahmed
19. Pediatric thoracic procedures Tim Murphy and Jonathan Hayden Smith
20. Ageing and adverse outcomes in thoracic surgery Vijay Jeganath
21. Management of the morbidly obese patient Sameena T. Ahmed
22. Management of thoracic emergencies Sameena T. Ahmed
Part III. Post-Operative Management: 23. Fluid balance management Sameena T. Ahmed
24. General postoperative management Sameena T. Ahmed
25. Management of postoperative respiratory problems Cait P. Searl
26. ECMO and related technologies Jonathan Hayden Smith
27. Management of bronchopleural fistula O. P. Sanjay and Sameena T. Ahmed
28. Postoperative analgesia Alexander Ng and Christine Tan
29. Chronic pain management Sameena T. Ahmed
30. Post-thoracotomy arrythmias Sameena T. Ahmed
Index.

Subject Areas: Cardiothoracic surgery [MNH], Anaesthetics [MMB]