Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Hardbound

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION
1. Past, Present, and Future of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia as a Subspeciality
2. Problems of Congential Heart Disease in Developing Countries

SECTION 2. DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES
3. Intra-uterine Development of the Cardiovascular System
4. Extra-uterine Development of the Cardiovascular System
5. Pharmacology of Anesthetic and Vasoactive Drugs: Effects of Development

SECTION 3. PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION AND PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
6. Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation of Pediatric Cardiac Patients
7. Cardiac Catheterization and Other Radiographic Examinations
8. Pediatric Electrocardiography and Cardiac Electrophysiology
9. Pediatric Echocardiography

SECTION 4. PRINCIPLES OF INTRAOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
10. Induction and Maintenance of Anesthesia
11. Monitoring of the Pediatric Cardiac Patient
12. Physiology and Techniques of Extracorporeal Circulation in the Pediatric
Patient
13. Profound Hypothermia and Circulatory Arrest
14. Vital Organ Preservation During Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
15. Management of Post-bypass Myocardial Dysfunction
16. Hemostasis, Coagulation, and Transfusion in Pediatric Cardiac Patient
17. Management of Post-bypass Pulmonary Hypertension and Respiratory Dysfunction

SECTION 5. ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES FOR CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES
18. Septal and Endocardial Cushion Defects
19. Tetralogy of Fallot
20. Transposition of the Great Vessels
21. Anomalies of the Aortic Arch and Valve
22. Anomalies of the Pulmonic Valve and Right Ventricular Outflow Track
23. Tricuspid Atresia and Hypoplastic Right Heart
24. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
25. Double Outlet Right Ventricle
26. Truncus Arteriosis
27. Anomalies of Pulmonary and Systemic Venous
28. Abnormalities of the Atrioventricular Valves
29. Coronary Artery Anomalies
30. Cardiomyopathies and Endocardial Fibroelastosis
31. Persistent Fetal Circulation, Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension and
Eisenmenger’s Syndrome
32. Pediatric Cardiac and Lung Transplantation
33. Tumors and Arterio-venous Fistulas
34. Anesthetic Management for Minimally Invasive Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
35. Anesthesia for Non-cardiac Surgery in Children or Adults with Congenital
Heart Disease

SECTION 6. POSTOPERATIVE CARE
36. Postoperative Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Patient: General
Principles
37. Postoperative Cardiovascular Dysfunction: Pharmacologic and Mechanical
Support
38. Postoperative Respiratory Dysfunction and its Management