Anesthesia for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries Girish P. Joshi Anthony Cunningham Key Points Minimally invasive surgery reduces surgical stress and postoperative pain as well as reduces overall morbidity, thus resulting…
Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery James B. Eisenkraft Edmond Cohen Steven M. Neustein Key Points It is important to determine prior to the onset of anesthesia and surgery whether the patient…
The Anesthesia Workstation and Delivery Systems for Inhaled Anesthetics Kevin T. Riutort James B. Eisenkraft Key Points The most important (but often overlooked) item in the pre-use checkout of the…
The Liver: Surgery and Anesthesia Randolph H. Steadman Michelle Y. Braunfeld Key Points The liver is the largest internal organ, accounting for 2% of the total body mass of adults….
Airway Management William H. Rosenblatt Wariya Sukhupragarn Key Points Management of the airway is paramount to safe perioperative care. Following a series of evaluation procedures affects outcomes in a favorable…
Pediatric Anesthesia Jerrold Lerman Key Points The airway in neonates and infants presents unique features that require a clear understanding of the anatomy and physiology of airway structures. Laryngospasm and…
Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery Nikolaos J. Skubas Adam D. Lichtman Aarti Sharma Stephen J. Thomas Key Points When treating myocardial ischemia, decreasing O2 demand is more important than modifying O2…
Neonatal Anesthesia Steven C. Hall Santhanam Suresh Key Points Understanding the physiologic changes that occur during the transition from fetal to neonatal life is crucial to the anesthetic management of…
Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery Todd J. Smaka Timothy E. Miller Michael P. Hutchens Katie Schenning Lee A. Fleisher Tong J. Gan David A. Lubarsky Key Points The anesthesiologist may have…
Anesthesia for Neurosurgery Armagan Dagal Arthur M. Lam Key Points Anatomically, blood flow to the normal brain is supplied by the two carotid arteries and vertebral arteries. Collateral circulation is…
