32 Nonoperating Room Anesthesia (NORA)
Nonoperating room (NOR) locations are remote from a hospital’s main operating room sites. A significant number of the procedures performed in NOR locations require anesthesia or sedation. A three-step approach…
29 Monitored Anesthesia Care
The standards for preoperative evaluation, intraoperative monitoring, and the continuous presence of a member of the anesthesia care team are no different from those for general or regional anesthesia. As…
33 Anesthesia for the Older Patient
The aging of America presents a medical and economic challenge to the entire health care system as older patients present for surgery in ever-increasing numbers. The aging process affects connective…
Anesthesia for Patients With Congenital Heart Disease
TOPICS 1. Atrial septal defects 2. Ventricular septal defects 3. Tetralogy of Fallot 4. Transposition of the great arteries 5. Single ventricle patients 6. Anesthesia for noncardiac surgery in…
Hemodynamics and Cardiac Anesthesia
TOPICS 1. Hemodynamic calculations and invasive monitors: why are they important and how to determine them? 2. The pumping heart: how does the pump contract and relax? 3. Pharmacology…
Aortic Valve Disease
TOPICS 1. Overview 2. The clinical signs and symptoms of AV disease 3. Physiologic compensatory mechanisms of AV disease 4. Echocardiography and AV disease 5. Surgical and catheter-mediated AV…
Mitral Valve Disease
TOPICS 1. The clinical signs and symptoms of MV diseases 2. Physiologic compensatory mechanisms of MV diseases 3. Echocardiography and MV diseases 4. Surgical and catheter-mediated approaches to the…
The Complicated Patient for Cardiac Anesthesia and Surgery
TOPICS 1. The patient with impaired systolic and diastolic ventricular function 2. The reoperative patient 3. The diabetic patient and perioperative glucose control 4. The vascular disease patient in…
Coagulopathy, Bleeding, and Cardiac Anesthesia Emergencies
TOPICS 1. Hemostasis and cardiac surgery 2. Prevention of blood loss during cardiac surgery 3. When to transfuse 4. Outcomes following transfusion 5. Massive transfusion and cardiac trauma 6….
Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplantation
TOPICS 1. Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation and the heart surgery patient 2. Ventricular assist devices: designs and indications 3. Short-term VAD placement 4. Long-term VAD placement 5. Anesthetic management of…
