Major Depression and Related Disorders
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen To this point, from Chapters 1, 2, 3, you have learned about the frequent physical symptom presentation of mental health problems in medical settings. And you…
Mental Health Care Model
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Let’s summarize where we have been and where this chapter is going. From Chapters 1 and 2, you learned that mental disorders often occur in patients…
Three Axioms of Mental Health Care for Medical Settings
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen As outlined in the Preface, there are compelling reasons for all clinicians to become familiar with mental and addiction disorders: they provide the vast majority of…
Evaluating Physical Symptoms
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In Chapter 1, we presented 3 axioms of mental health care for medical settings: (1) The comorbidity of medical and mental disorders is frequent; (2) chronic…
Airway Management in the Adult
Key Points ▪ One of the fundamental responsibilities of the anesthesiologist is to mitigate the adverse effects of anesthesia on the respiratory system by maintaining airway patency and ensuring adequate…
Respiratory Monitoring
Key wordscapnography, infrared spectroscopy, lung imaging, pulse oximetry, respiratory mechanics Key Points ▪ Intraoperative respiratory monitoring is a fundamental component of the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ standards for basic…
Monitoring the State of the Brain and Central Nervous System During General Anesthesia and Sedation
Key Points ▪ Anesthesiologists rely extensively on physiologic signals and anesthetic dosing strategies to infer and to track states of the brain and central nervous system under general anesthesia. ▪…
Perioperative Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy
Key Points ▪ Intravenous fluid therapy is a core part of perioperative practice, with the potential to influence patient outcomes. ▪ Water makes up approximately 60% of total body weight,…
Perioperative Echocardiography
Key Points ▪ Perioperative applications of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) include monitoring, diagnosis, and procedural guidance. The role of TEE in cardiac surgery, noncardiac surgery, interventional procedures, and critical care continues…
Neurologic Monitoring
Key Points ▪ There are four key principles of intraoperative neurologic monitoring. ▪ The pathway at risk during the surgical procedure must be amenable to monitoring. ▪ The monitor must…
