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Thoracic Anesthesia Procedures is a timely update in the field, providing a concise, evidence-based, and richly illustrated book ideal for students, trainees, and practicing clinicians. Comprehensive in scope, this book addresses essential topics such as thoracic physiology and pathophysiology, airway devices and other equipment, anesthetic techniques, surgical considerations, ventilation techniques, and postoperative care.
List of contents
- 1. Normal Respiratory Physiology: Basic Concepts for the Clinician
- 2. Thoracic Radiology: Thoracic Anesthesia Procedures
- 3. Physiology of One- Lung Ventilation
- 4. Bronchoscopic Anatomy
- 5. Preoperative Evaluation and Optimization
- 6. Lung Isolation Techniques
- 7. Airway Devices for Thoracic Anesthesia and Ventilatory Techniques
- 8. Patient Positioning and Surgical Considerations
- 9. Anesthetic Management Techniques in Thoracic Surgery
- 10. Bronchoscopy and Mediastinoscopy Procedures
- 11. Anterior Mediastinal Masses
- 12. Pneumonectomy
- 13. Anesthesia for Pleural Space Procedures
- 14. Surgical Airway Management
- 15. Bronchopleural Fistula
- 16. Esophagectomy
- 17. Lung Transplantation
- 18. Postoperative Management and Complications in Thoracic Surgery
- 19. Pulmonary Pathophysiology in Anesthesia Practice
- 20. Anesthetic Management Techniques (Regional Anesthesia)
- 21. Novel Approaches to Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
- 22. Enhanced Recovery in Thoracic Surgery
About the author
Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, is Professor of Anesthesiology at LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he also serves as Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer.
Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, is Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Summary
As the practice of thoracic anesthesia becomes increasingly recognized as a major subspecialty of anesthesia, there is a growing need among current practitioners to evolve their neuraxial, regional, and general anesthesia techniques and expand their understanding of the latest evidence. Thoracic Anesthesia Procedures is a timely update in the field, providing a concise, evidence-based, and richly illustrated book ideal for students, trainees, and practicing clinicians. Comprehensive in scope, this book addresses essential topics such as thoracic physiology and pathophysiology, airway devices and other equipment, anesthetic techniques, surgical considerations, ventilation techniques, and postoperative care.
