Table of Contents

Clinical Anesthesiology 1. The Practice of Anesthesiology I. Anesthesia Equipment & Monitors 2. The Operating Room: Medical Gas Systems, Environmental Factors, & Electrical Safety 3. Breathing Systems 4. The Anesthesia Machine 5. Airway Management 6. Patient Monitors II. Clinical Pharmacology 7. Inhalational Anesthetics 8. Nonvolatile Anesthetic Agents 9. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents 10. Cholinesterase Inhibitors 11. Anticholinergic Drugs 12. Adrenergic Agonists & Antagonists 13. Hypotensive Agents 14. Local Anesthetics 15. Adjuncts to Anesthesia III. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management 16. Spinal, Epidural, & Caudal Blocks 17. Peripheral Nerve Blocks 18. Pain Management IV. Physiology, Pathophysiology, & Anesthetic Management 19. Cardiovascular Physiology & Anesthesia 20. Anesthesia for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease 21. Anesthesia for Cardiovascular Surgery 22. Respiratory Physiology: The Effects of Anesthesia 23. Anesthesia for Patients with Respiratory Disease 24. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery 25. Neurophysiology & Anesthesia 26. Anesthesia for Neurosurgery 27. Anesthesia for Patients with Neurological & Psychiatric Diseases 28. Management of Patients with Fluid & Electrolyte Disturbances 29. Fluid Management & Transfusion 30. Acid--Base Balance 31. Renal Physiology & Anesthesia 32. Anesthesia for Patients with Renal Disease 33. Anesthesia for Genitourinary Surgery 34. Hepatic Physiology & Anesthesia 35. Anesthesia for Patients with Liver Disease 36. Anesthesia for Patients with Endocrine Disease 37. Anesthesia for Patients with Neuromuscular Disease 38. Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery 39. Anesthesia for Otorhinolaryngological Surgery 40. Anesthesia for Orthopedic Surgery 41. Anesthesia for the Trauma Patient 42. Maternal & Fetal Physiology & Anesthesia 43. Obstetric Anesthesia 44. Pediatric Anesthesia 45. Geriatric Anesthesia V. Special Problems 46. Anesthetic Complications 48. Postanesthesia Care 49. Critical Care

About the Author

G. Edward Morgan, Jr., MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Excellence in Medicine, LLC
OrthoSource Medical Clinics, Inc.
Pasadena, CA Maged S. Mikhail, MD
Attending Anesthesiologist
San Fernanco Valley Heart Institute
Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Michael J. Murray, MD, PhD
Dean, Mayo School of Health Sciences
Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Medical School
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL