Anesthesia Secrets
- 6th Edition - April 23, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Brian M. Keech, Ryan D. Laterza
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 4 0 1 5 - 2
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Request a sales quoteFor more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Anesthesia Secrets, 6th Edition offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in the practice of anesthesiology. This bestselling resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
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- New chapters on Electrocardiogram Interpretation, Cardiac Physiology, Vasoactive Agents, Volume Assessment, Blood Pressure Disturbances, Mechanical Ventilation Strategies, Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography, Neuraxial Techniques, Peripheral Nerve and Trunk Blocks, Patient Safety, and Medical Ethics.
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Medical students (MS: 88,304 total enrollment as of 2016-17 per AAMC) and residents; physician assistant students, nurse practitioner students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Top 100 Secrets
- 1: Fundamentals of Anesthetic Care
- Chapter 1: Introduction to anesthesia
- Chapter 2: Pre-operative evaluation
- Question/Answers
- Chapter 3: Airway management
- Chapter 4: Autonomic nervous system
- Questions/Answers
- Chapter 5: Cardiac physiology
- Chapter 6: Pulmonary physiology
- Chapter 7: Arterial blood gas analysis
- Chapter 8: Volume regulation and fluid replacement
- Chapter 9: Electrolytes
- Questions: Electrolytes
- Chapter 10: Coagulation
- Chapter 11: Transfusion therapy
- Chapter 12: Perioperative patient safety
- Allergic Reactions
- Operating Room Fires
- Patient Positioning
- Ophthalmic Complications
- Venous Air Embolism
- Chapter 13: Perioperative medical ethics
- 2: Pharmacology
- Chapter 14: Inhaled anesthetics
- Questions/Answers
- Chapter 15: Intravenous anesthetics
- Chapter 16: Opioids
- Chapter 17: Neuromuscular blocking agents
- Chapter 18: Local anesthetics
- Chapter 19: Vasoactive agents
- 3: Patient Monitoring and Procedures
- Chapter 20: Pulse oximetry
- Chapter 21: Capnography
- Chapter 22: Blood pressure monitoring and arterial catheterization
- Chapter 23: Central venous catheterization
- Chapter 24: Perioperative point-of-care ultrasound and echocardiography
- Chapter 25: Volume assessment
- Chapter 26: The anesthesia machine
- Chapter 27: Mechanical ventilation strategies
- Chapter 28: Electrocardiogram
- RBBB
- LBBB
- Frontal Plane
- QRS Morphology in Precordial Leads
- Rhythm
- Chapter 29: Pacemakers and internal cardioverter defibrillators
- 4: Perioperative Problems
- Chapter 30: Blood pressure disturbances
- Chapter 31: Pulmonary complications
- Aspiration
- Laryngospasm
- Bronchospasm
- Extubation
- Chapter 32: Awareness during anesthesia
- Chapter 33: Temperature disturbances
- Chapter 34: Post-anesthetic care
- 5: Anesthesia and Select Systemic Disease
- Chapter 35: Coronary artery disease and perioperative myocardial infarction
- Chapter 36: Heart failure
- Chapter 37: Valvular heart disease
- Chapter 38: Pulmonary hypertension
- Chapter 39: Obstructive lung disease: asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Chapter 40: Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Chapter 41: Hepatic dysfunction and liver transplantation
- Chapter 42: Renal function and anesthesia
- Chapter 43: Intracranial and cerebrovascular disease
- Chapter 44: Intracranial hypertension and traumatic brain injury
- Chapter 45: Malignant hyperthermia and other myopathies
- Chapter 46: Degenerative neurological diseases and neuropathies
- Chapter 47: Diabetes mellitus
- Chapter 48: Nondiabetic endocrine disease
- Chapter 49: Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea
- Chapter 50: Alcohol and substance abuse
- 6: Anesthesia and Select Patient Populations
- Chapter 51: Neonatal anesthesia
- Chapter 52: Pediatric anesthesia
- Chapter 53: Congenital heart disease
- Chapter 54: Fundamentals of obstetric anesthesia
- Chapter 55: Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia
- Chapter 56: High-risk obstetrics
- Chapter 57: Trauma anesthesia
- Chapter 58: The burned patient
- Chapter 59: Geriatric anesthesia
- 7: Anesthesia and Select Surgical Procedures
- Chapter 60: Laparoscopic surgery
- Chapter 61: Major vascular surgery
- Chapter 62: Cardiac surgery: cardiopulmonary bypass
- Chapter 63: Thoracic surgery: lung isolation techniques
- Chapter 64: Spine surgery
- Chapter 65: Craniotomy
- Chapter 66: Shoulder operations
- Chapter 67: Electroconvulsive therapy
- 8: Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Chapter 68: Fundamentals of regional anesthesia
- Chapter 69: Peripheral nerve and trunk blocks
- Chapter 70: Nerve blocks for the head and neck
- Chapter 71: Neuraxial anesthesia and analgesia
- Chapter 72: Acute pain management
- Chapter 73: Chronic pain management
- Index
- Edition: 6
- Published: April 23, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 512
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323640152
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Brian M. Keech
Brian M. Keech is a Staff Anesthesiologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
Affiliations and expertise
Staff Anesthesiologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USARL
Ryan D. Laterza
Ryan D. Laterza is a Attending Critical Care Anesthesiologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
Affiliations and expertise
Attending Critical Care Anesthesiologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA