I. Approach to the Patient A. Anesthetic Approach to the Healthy
Patient 1. Preoperative Evaluation of the Health Patient 2.
Premedication 3. The Anesthetic Plan 4. Planning for Monitoring
in Healthy Patients 5. Anticipating Common Intraoperative
Problems 6. Clinical Implications of the Stress Response to
Surgery 7. Recovery Management of the Healthy Patient B.
Anesthetic Approach to the Patient with Medical Problems 8. Use
and Misuse of Consultants 9. Evaluation of the Hypertensive
Patient 10. Evaluation of the Adult Patient with Cardiac
Problems 11. Evaluation of and Risk Assessment in Patients with
Vascular Disease 12. Evaluation of the Patient with ... a
Difficult Airway 13. ... a Pulmonary Disease 14. ... a
Neuropsychiatric Disease 15. ... Neuromuscular Disease 16. ...
Musculoskeletal Disease 17. ... Endocrine Disease and Diabetes
Mellitus 18. ... Renal Disease 19. ... Liver Disease 20. ...
Anemia and Coagulation Disorders 21. ... Oncologic Disease
22. ... Perioperative Malnutrition 23. ... AIDS and Other
Serious Infections 24. Evaluation of the Neonate 25. Evaluation
of Children 26. Evaluation of the Geriatric Patient 27.
Evaluation of the Pregnant Patient 28. Evaluation of the Obese
Patient 29. Evaluation of the Patient with Alchoholism and Other
Drug Dependencies 30. Evaluation of the Patient with
Dermatologic Problems 31. Evaluation of the Trauma Patient II.
Anesthetic Care A. Patient Safety 32. Anesthesia Risk 33.
Critical Incidents in Anesthesia 34. Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation 35. Positioning of Patients for Operation 36.
Electricity, Electrical Safety, and Instrumentation in the
Operating Room 37. Basic Physiology and Pharmacology of the
Autonomic Nervous System 38. Physiology of Neuromuscular
Transmission and Mechanisms of Action of Neuromuscular Blocking
Agents 39. Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents B.
Monitoring 40. Standards for Patient Monitoring 41. Hemodynamic
Monitoring 42. Transesophageal Echocardiography* 43. Monitoring
Respiratory Function** 44. Intraoperative Neurologic Monitoring
45. Monitoring Neuromuscular Blockade 46. Monitoring of
Hemostasis** 47. Monitoring and Management of Perioperative
Electrolyte Abnormalities, Acid-Base Disorders, and Fluid
Replacement** C. Inhalation Anesthesia 48. Anesthesia Delivery
System 49. Airway Management* 50. Mechanism of Action of General
Anesthetics 51. Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics D.
Intravenous Sedation and Analgesia** 52. Principles of
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics* 53. Pharmacology of
Intravenous Anesthetic Agents 54. Pharmacology of Opioid
Analgetic Agents 55. Total Intravenous Anesthesia E. Regional
Anesthesia/Analgesia and Pain 56. Mechanisms of Action of Local
Anesthetic Agents 57. General Versus Regional Anesthesia 58.
Pharmacology of Local Anesthetic Agents 59. Spinal Anesthesia
60. Epidural Anesthesia 61. Plexus Anesthesia 62. Peripheral
Nerve Blocks 63. Nerve Blocks and Other Procedures for Pain
Therapy 64. Spinal and Epidural Opioids F. Concurrent Drugs 65.
Cardiovasular Drugs 66. Anesthetic Considerations in the
Perioperative Use of Corticosteroids and Antibiotics III.
Specialty Areas of Anesthetic Practice 67. Neuroanesthesia: A
Critical Review** 68. Anesthesia for Adult Cardiac Procedures
69. Anesthesia for Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease: A
Problem-Oriented Approach 70. Thoracic Anesthesia** 71.
Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery 72. Anesthesia for
Gastrointestinal Surgery 73. Anesthesia for Liver Surgery 74.
Anesthesia for Endocrine Surgery 75. Anesthetic Considerations
for Genitourinary and Renal Surgery 76. Anesthesia for
Obstetrics 77. Anesthesia for Gynecologic Surgery 78. Anesthesia
for Surgical Emergencies in Newborns 79. Anesthesia for Children
80. Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery 81. Anesthesia for Trauma
82. Anesthesia for Patients with Major Burns 83. Anesthesia for
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