Anesthesiology: Today and Tomorrow: Annual Utah Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology 1985

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Prologue. Looking Back—Looking Ahead....Pages 1-6
Choice of Agent — Today and Tomorrow....Pages 7-9
Metabolic Functions of the Lung: Biochemical Activities that have Clinical Significance....Pages 11-22
Neuroleptanalgesia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow....Pages 23-42
The New Sedative/Hypnotics....Pages 43-48
New Compounds and New Supplements for Anesthesia....Pages 49-67
Very Potent Compounds and New Approachs to Anesthesia....Pages 69-74
Alfentanil....Pages 75-78
Sufentanil....Pages 79-81
Agonist-Antagonists and their Receptors....Pages 83-92
New Uses for Agonist-Antagonists in Anesthesia....Pages 93-114
Ketamine and Phencyclidines: Today and Tomorrow....Pages 115-141
The Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Mechanisms and Management....Pages 143-157
Basic Understanding of Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation IPV....Pages 159-169
Basic Understanding of Volumetric Diffusive Respiration VDR....Pages 171-179
The Pathophysiology of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 181-186
The Cardiovascular Effects of Inhalational Anesthetics....Pages 187-193
Cardiac Monitoring Techniques of the Future: Transesophageal 2-D Echocardiography....Pages 195-200
Non-Invasive Monitoring: In Vivo Biochemistry....Pages 201-208
Analgesia for Labor: Past, Present And Future....Pages 209-225
Toxemia of Pregnancy …. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow....Pages 227-232
Volatile Anesthetics and the Brain: The Rationale for Use in Neurosurgery....Pages 233-239
Detection of Brain Injury During Surgery: Today and Tomorrow....Pages 241-247
The New Muscle Relaxants....Pages 249-252
Pain Pathways and Mechanisms....Pages 253-260
Non-Chemical Methods of Managing Pain....Pages 261-265
Patient Controlled Analgesia vs Conventional Postoperative Pain Management....Pages 267-273
Toxicity of Local Anesthetics....Pages 275-280
Present and New Approaches to Regional Anesthesia of The Extremities....Pages 281-292