Chapter 35 – Coagulation
Summary Understanding of coagulation and coagulopathy is essential to the practice of anesthesia. This begins with preoperative assessment and planning. A detailed history is the first step. Laboratory testing can…
Chapter 33 – Acute Pain Management in the ICU
Summary Pain in the critically ill patient is often underreported and misdiagnosed. Contributing factors include such patients not being able to express themselves due to invasive respiratory support or altered…
Chapter 32 – Perioperative Cognitive Disorders
Summary Abnormal cognitive aging includes unexpected changes in cognition or memory functions. Changes can present either acutely or gradually. Within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition…
Chapter 31 – Trauma Anesthesia
Summary A primary survey is performed immediately on admission to evaluate and treat life-threatening injuries such as hemorrhage, airway, and brain injuries. Hemorrhage leads to 40% of trauma-related deaths, particularly…
Chapter 30 – Anesthetic Emergencies
Summary Many anesthetic emergencies can be avoided with constant vigilance. However, the most effective way to prevent an anesthetic emergency is through preparedness. Adopting a methodological approach to verifying drugs…
Chapter 29 – Acute Pain Management
Summary Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as “An aversive sensory and emotional experience typically caused by, or resembling that caused by, actual…
Chapter 28 – Chronic Pain Medicine
Summary Chronic neck pain and low back pain are highly prevalent medical conditions that cause considerable pain, disability, and economic burden [1, 2]. Cervicalgia has an annual prevalence exceeding 30%,…
Chapter 27 – Anesthesia for Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Summary Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have become the place of choice for an increasing number of diagnostic and surgical procedures. Improvements in anesthesia and pain control, minimally invasive surgical techniques,…
Chapter 26 – Geriatric Anesthesia
Summary The World Health Organization predicts that the number of people aged 60 years and over will grow to an estimated 1.2 billion by 2025 and to 2 billion by 2050….
Chapter 25 – Pediatric Anesthesia
Summary Pediatric anesthesiology is a distinct subspecialty of anesthesia. It focuses on the perioperative care of preterm and term neonates, infants, children, and teenagers. The pediatric population is vastly different…
