Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Department of Anesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine Massachusetts General

Relied on for over 30 years by resident and practicing anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists, this best-selling
pocket reference is now in its Eighth Edition. In an easy-to-scan outline format, it provides current, comprehensive,
concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia, perioperative care, critical care, and pain
management. The book has been written, reviewed, updated, and field-tested by the internationally recognized Department
of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT BEFORE ANESTHESIA

1: Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia Alla Tauber & Mary Kraft

2: Specific Considerations with Cardiac Disease Shahzad Shaefi & Hovig V. Chitilian

3: Specific Considerations with Pulmonary Disease
Stephanie C. Cintora & Kenneth E. Shepherd

4: Specific Considerations with Renal Disease Rafael Vazquez & William Benedetto

5: Specific Considerations with Liver Disease Salomon M. Maya & Wilton C. Levine

6: Specific Considerations with Endocrine Disease Anne M. Drewry, Robert A. Peterfreund & Stephanie L. Lee

7: Infectious Diseases and Infection Control in Anesthesia
Shahzad Shaefi & Ulrich Schmidt

II: ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA

8: Safety in Anesthesia
Sara N. Goldhaber-Fiebert & Jeffrey B. Cooper

9: The Anesthesia Machine
Andrew R. Vaclavik & Greg Ginsburg

10: Monitoring
Jennifer Chatburn & Warren S. Sandberg

11: Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics
Claudia Benkwitz & Ken Solt

12: Neuromuscular Blockade Oleg V. Evgenov & Peter F. Dunn

13: Airway Evaluation and Management Cosmin Gauran & Peter F. Dunn

14: Administration of General Anesthesia Stuart A. Forman & Victor Chin

15: Local Anesthetics Maryam Jowza & Rebecca D. Minehart

16: Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia Jason Lewis & May C.M. Pian-Smith

17: Regional Anesthesia
Keith Fragoza & Lisa Warren

18: Intra-anesthetic Problems Jonathan Bloom & Keith Baker

19: Perioperative Hemodynamic Control Brian T. Bateman & Vilma E. Ortiz

20: Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery Emily A. Apsell & John J.A. Marota

21: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery Junichi Naganuma & Paul H. Alfille

22: Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery M. Richard Pavao & Edward A. Bittner

23: Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery Ethan Small & Jason Qu

24: Anesthesia for Neurosurgery Scott A. LeGrand & Michele Szabo

25: Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery Brian D. Cauley & Deborah S. Pederson

26: Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery Kris C. Lukauskis & William R. Kimball

27: Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients Zhongcong Xie & Christine Finer

28: Anesthesia for Surgical Emergencies in the Neonate/LI> James Y. Ko, Lisa N. Charo, Jonathan H. Cronin & Jesse D.
Roberts, Jr.

29: Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery Susan A. Vassallo & Lisbeth L. Pappas

30: Anesthesia for Obstetrics and Gynecology Ritu Kapoor, Jeannie C. Min & Lisa Leffert

31: Ambulatory Anesthesia Christopher Hodge & Lisa Wollman

32: Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room
Thomas J. Graetz & John J.A. Marota

33: Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns Vikram Kumar & Keith Baker

34: Transfusion Therapy Jonathan E. Charnin & Shubha V. Raju

III: PERIOPERATIVE ISSUES

35: The Postanesthesia Care Unit Asheesh Kumar & Ed George

36: Perioperative Respiratory Failure Michael R. Shaughnessy & Luca M. Bigatello

37: Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation Richard M. Pino, Bradley E. Randel & Arthur J. Tokarcyzk

38: Pain
Karsten Bartels & James P. Rathmell

39: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Margaret Gargarian & P. Grace Harrell

40: Ethical and End-of-Life Issues Sheri Berg & Rae M. Allain

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