Basic Sciences in Anesthesia

Front Matter ....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Peripheral Nerve Block Anesthesia  (Sree Kolli, Loran Mounir Soliman)....Pages 3-16
 Central Neuraxial Anatomy and Anesthetic Application (Central Neuraxial Blockade)  (Nathan J. Harrison, Laurie S. Daste, Gary S. McDaniel Jr, Matthew E. Patterson, Maged Guirguis)....Pages 17-39
 Anatomy of the Brain and Spinal Cord  (Matthew K. Whalin, Sona Shah Arora)....Pages 41-59
 Anatomy of the Airway/Airway Management  (Sekar S. Bhavani, Basem Abdelmalak)....Pages 61-91
Front Matter ....Pages 93-93
 Pharmacology: General Concepts  (Yaqi Hu, Kamal Maheshwari)....Pages 95-106
 Pharmacology of Non-opioid Intravenous Anesthetics  (Mohamed Abdalla)....Pages 107-121
 Pharmacology of Opioids  (Juan P. Cata, Shreyas P. Bhavsar)....Pages 123-137
 Clinical Pharmacology of Drugs Acting at the Neuromuscular Junction  (J. Ross Renew, Sorin J. Brull, Mohammed Naguib)....Pages 139-159
 Pharmacology of Local and Neuraxial Anesthetics  (Hesham Elsharkawy, Sree Kolli)....Pages 161-176
 Pharmacology of Inhaled Anesthetics  (Elizabeth Demers Lavelle, Swamy Kurra)....Pages 177-193
 Cardiovascular Anatomy and Pharmacology  (Maria Bauer)....Pages 195-228
 Respiratory Pharmacology  (Ahmad Maher Adi)....Pages 229-238
 Renal Pharmacology  (Sekar S. Bhavani)....Pages 239-248
 Pharmacology of Anticoagulants, Antithrombotics, and Antiplatelet Drugs  (G. Burkhard Mackensen)....Pages 249-258
 Perioperative Intravenous Fluid Therapy  (Marta Kelava, David S. Youssef, Maged Argalious)....Pages 259-267
Front Matter ....Pages 269-269
 Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems  (Jia W. Romito, Ravi Bhoja, David L. McDonagh)....Pages 271-297
 Cardiovascular Physiology  (Sandeep Khanna)....Pages 299-327
 Respiratory System Physiology  (Siddharth Pawan Dugar, Mani Latifi, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila)....Pages 329-354
 Physiology of the Autonomic Nervous System  (Brian K. Johnson)....Pages 355-364
 Physiology of Temperature Control  (Kurt Ruetzler, Andrea Kurz)....Pages 365-372
 Gastrointestinal/Hepatic Physiology  (Allen Keebler)....Pages 373-378
 Renal Physiology  (Reem Khatib)....Pages 379-404
 Physiology of the Endocrine System and Metabolic Complications in Anesthesia  (Michael Erin Schoor, Shaheen Shaikh)....Pages 405-426
Front Matter ....Pages 427-427
 Preoperative Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Non-cardiac Surgery  (Elizabeth A. M. Frost, Daniel Katz)....Pages 429-440
 Premedication  (Kenneth C. Cummings III)....Pages 441-450
 Monitored Anesthesia Care  (Ihab Adly Riad, Basem Abdelmalak)....Pages 451-463
 Blood Products Transfusion  (Jacek B. Cywinski)....Pages 465-481
 Complications in Anesthesia  (Fenghua Li, Parikshith Sumathi)....Pages 483-503
 The Postoperative Period  (Verghese T. Cherian)....Pages 505-513
 Perioperative Pain Management  (Juan P. Cata, Javier D. Lasala)....Pages 515-525
 Special Problems in Anesthesia  (John E. Tetzlaff)....Pages 527-536
Front Matter ....Pages 537-537
 The Anesthesia Machine  (Mark Teen, Theresa Barnes, Ehab Farag)....Pages 539-564
 Physical Measurements in Anesthesia  (Anthony James Cartwright, D. John Doyle)....Pages 565-585
 Breathing Systems  (Jack Buckley, Myroslav Figura)....Pages 587-595
 Physics of Instrumentation  (Verghese T. Cherian, Arne O. Budde)....Pages 597-612
 Electrical Safety in the Operating Room  (D. John Doyle)....Pages 613-625
 Mechanical Ventilation  (Aaron J. Douglas)....Pages 627-636
 Statistics Made Simple: Introduction to Biostatistics and Research Design for the Anesthesiologist  (Edward J. Mascha)....Pages 637-651