Specific Considerations with Renal Disease Samuel Vanderhoek William Benedetto I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Approximately 5% of the population has renal disease, with a trend toward increasing prevalence with age. Perioperative renal…
Anesthesia and Obesity Brenda A. Bucklin Ana Fernandez-Bustamante Key Points Neck circumference is the single best predictor of problematic intubation in morbidly obese patients. A larger neck circumference is associated…
Specific Considerations with Pulmonary Disease Yiuka Leung Kenneth E. Shepherd I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Postoperative pulmonary complications (POPCs) such as exacerbation of preexisting lung disease, pneumonia, and/or respiratory failure are as…
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…
Echocardiography Albert C. Perrino Jr. Wanda M. Popescu Nikolaos J. Skubas Key Points Understanding the principles of ultrasound and echo cardiographic instrumentation is essential in optimizing image quality. Performing a…
Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia Jessie L. Cassada Laurie Shapiro I. OVERVIEW The objectives of the preanesthetic evaluation include establishing rapport, becoming familiar with the patient’s surgical illness and coexisting…
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…
Endocrine Function Jeffrey J. Schwartz Shamsuddin Akhtar Stanley H. Rosenbaum Key Points The major risk of anesthesia in the poorly controlled thyrotoxic patient is thyroid storm, which must be aggressively…
Obstetrical Anesthesia Ferne R. Braveman Barbara M. Scavone Marcelle E. Blessing Cynthia A. Wong Key Points As oxygen consumption increases during pregnancy, the maternal cardiovascular system adapts to meet the…
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…
