Principles and procedures in anesthesiology/ Edited by Philip L. Liu with 41 contributors

includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1 Introduction to anesthesiology: overview of anesthesiology. Part 2 Preanesthetic principles of care: preoperative visit; patient factors influencing anesthesia; neurological, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, renal, muscle disease, connective tissue disease and hematological disease; preoperative medication. Part 3 Basic principles of anesthesia care: pharmacological principles; airway management; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; fluid and blood component therapy; intraoperative monitoring and anesthesia equipment. Part 4 Anesthesia techniques and intraoperative management: inhalation anesthesia; parental anesthetic agents; regional anesthesia; anesthetic considerations in the emergency patient; management of patients with cardiovascular disease; management of patients with respiratory disease. Part 5 Subspeciality practice in anesthesia: ambulatory anesthesia; postanesthesia care unit (PACU); critical care; obstetric anesthesia; pediatric anesthesia; anesthesia for cardiothoracic surgery; neuroanesthesia; basics of contemporary pain management. Part 6 Atlas of basic anesthesia procedures: vascular line placement; management of the airway of the unconscious patient; oral endotracheal intubation; nasotracheal intubation; lumbar puncture.

A "core text" in anaesthesiology which emphasizes the basic principles of the discipline. The chapters in this work set out a list of educational objectives and end with an evaluation section which consists of study questions.