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Nurse Anesthesia E-Book

Nurse Anesthesia E-Book

John J. Nagelhout | Karen Plaus

(2009)

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Abstract

Long respected as the most comprehensive nurse anesthesia resource available, this new edition continues the tradition of bringing together leading experts to create a balanced reference that applies scientific principles to today’s clinical anesthesia practice. Inside you’ll find a solid introduction to the equipment and patient care techniques unique to nurse anesthesia side-by-side with the cutting-edge research and application of evidence necessary to prepare you for tomorrow.

  • Over 700 tables and boxes highlight the most essential information in a quick, easy-to-reference format.
  • An easy-to-use organization with basic principles covered first, followed by individual chapters for each surgical specialty, ensures you have the information you need to build your knowledge.
  • Over 650 figures of anatomy, nurse anesthesia procedures, and equipment enhance your understanding of complex information.
  • Expert CRNA authors provide the most up-to-date and relevant clinical information you’ll use in daily practice.
  • The latest pharmacology information on pharmacokinetics, drug delivery systems, opiate antagonists, and key induction drugs to keep you up-to-date.
  • Thoroughly updated references make finding the latest and most important research in the field quick and simple.
  • New chapters address legal issues, neonatal anesthesia, anesthesia education, clinical monitoring, regional anesthesia, unexpected complications, and more.
  • Expanded coverage of chemistry and physics as well as immunology makes these difficult fundamental topics easier to understand and apply to everyday practice.
  • Over 100 new images enhance your understanding of difficult anesthesia concepts.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
Nurse Anesthesia i
Copyright Page ii
Table of Contents xi
Contributors iii
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Unit I: Professional Issues 1
Chapter 1. Nurse Anesthesia 1
THE PERIOD OF THE FAILED PROMISE 1
HISTORICAL BEGINNINGS OF THE NURSE ANESTHETIST 2
ANESTHESIA: MEDICINE, NURSING, DENTISTRY, OR WHAT? 4
ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SURVIVAL 5
WORLD WAR II AND NURSE ANESTHETISTS 6
A SHORT-LIVED PEACE FOR NURSE ANESTHETISTS AND THE NATION 6
THE NEW AGE OF NURSE ANESTHESIA: THE 1960s 8
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS’ INCREASING FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE 1970s 9
FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES IN THE 1980s 11
THE CALL FOR HEALTH-CARE REFORM IN THE 1990s 16
ENDING THE 20TH CENTURY 20
THE NEW MILLENNIUM BEGINS 21
CRNA PRACTICE TODAY 23
SUMMARY 24
REFERENCES 25
Chapter 2. Specialty Practice of Nurse Anesthesia 28
THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST 28
ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION 30
SUMMARY 32
REFERENCES 32
Chapter 3. Nurse Anesthesia Education in the United States 34
HISTORY OF NURSE ANESTHESIA EDUCATION 34
THE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION’S VISION FOR EDUCATION 34
CHALLENGES FACING NURSE ANESTHESIA EDUCATION 36
UPGRADING NURSE ANESTHESIA EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS 37
NURSE ANESTHESIA EDUCATION TODAY 37
SUMMARY 39
REFERENCES 39
Chapter 4. Legal Issues in Nurse Anesthesia 40
SOURCES OF LAW 40
LEGAL AREAS OF INTEREST TO THE NURSE ANESTHETIST 42
AVOIDING A LAWSUIT 46
IF YOU ARE SUED 47
SUMMARY 48
REFERENCES 48
Unit II: Scientific Foundations 49
Chapter 5. Nurse Anesthesia Research 49
WAYS OF KNOWING 49
THE NATURE OF RESEARCH 50
THE EIGHT CRITICAL STAGES IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS 50
FRAUD, DECEIT, AND HUMAN ERROR IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 62
STUDIES INVOLVING HUMAN SUBJECTS 62
CONTROVERSIES IN ANIMAL RESEARCH 63
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE: EMPOWERING DECISION MAKING THROUGH RESEARCH 63
SUMMARY 66
REFERENCES 66
Chapter 6. General Principles, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Receptor Concepts 67
RECEPTOR STRUCTURE 67
DRUG RESPONSE EQUATION 69
POPULATION VARIABILITY 69
DRUG DOSE RESPONSE 70
DRUG RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS 72
DRUG ANTAGONISM 73
SUMMARY 75
REFERENCES 75
Chapter 7. Pharmacokinetics 77
PROPERTIES THAT INFLUENCE PHARMACOKINETIC ACTIVITY 77
OTHER FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PHARMACOKINETICS 89
PHARMACOGENETICS AND PHARMACOGENOMICS 90
SUMMARY 91
REFERENCES 92
Chapter 8. Pharmacokinetics of Inhalation Anesthetics 93
PRIMARY FACTORS CONTROLLING UPTAKE, DISTRIBUTION, AND ELIMINATION OF ANESTHETICS 93
PEDIATRICS 96
SUMMARY 97
REFERENCES 97
Chapter 9. Inhalation Anesthetics 99
RELATIONSHIP OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND AGENT CHARACTERISTICS 99
METABOLISM 100
PHARMACODYNAMICS 101
MINIMUM ALVEOLAR CONCENTRATION 102
INFLUENCE OF INHALATION AGENTS ON ORGANS AND SYSTEMS 103
SUMMARY 111
REFERENCES 112
Chapter 10. Intravenous Induction Agents 118
BARBITURATES 118
NONBARBITURATE INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETICS 126
BENZODIAZEPINES 135
SUMMARY 138
REFERENCES 138
Chapter 11. Local Anesthetics 142
ANATOMY OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVE 142
NEURON ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND THE ACTION MECHANISM OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS 142
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS 145
PHARMACODYNAMICS AND PHARMACOKINETIC CONCEPTS 146
TOXICITY OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS 153
NEWER LOCAL ANESTHETIC COMPOUNDS 157
CLINICAL USE OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS 159
SUMMARY 161
REFERENCES 161
Chapter 12. Opioid Agonists and Antagonists 165
OPIOIDS 165
CLASSIFICATION OF OPIOIDS 171
CLINICAL USES OF OPIOIDS 175
SUMMARY 177
REFERENCES 177
Chapter 13. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Reversal Agents, and Their Monitoring 179
HISTORY 179
MONITORING OF NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE 180
DEPOLARIZING AGENTS 181
NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS 189
REVERSAL OF NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE 196
CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS 196
ANTICHOLINERGICS 198
SUMMARY 199
REFERENCES 200
Chapter 14. Autonomic and Cardiac Pharmacology 203
AUTONOMIC DRUGS–SYMPATHOMIMETIC AMINES 203
DIRECT-ACTING α-AGONISTS 207
MIXED FUNCTION AGONISTS 207
SELECTIVE β2-AGONISTS 208
α-RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS 208
β-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENTS 210
CHOLINERGICS 211
ANTICHOLINERGICS 212
DIRECT VASODILATORS 213
CALCIUM ANTAGONISTS 215
ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS 218
ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS 220
CATECHOLAMINE-DEPLETING AGENTS 220
TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE INHIBITORS 220
CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITORS 220
PHOSPHODIESTERASE III INHIBITORS 220
CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES 221
OTHER AGENTS 221
MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC DISEASES 221
PREOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATION OF CARDIAC DRUGS 226
SUMMARY 232
REFERENCES 232
Chapter 15. Chemistry and Physics of Anesthesia 235
ATOMIC STRUCTURE 236
MOLECULAR BOND TYPES 237
BOND BREAKING 238
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 239
SOLUBILTY 240
DIFFUSION 240
GRAVITY 241
NEWTON’S LAWS OF MOTION 242
FORCE 242
PRESSURE 242
ENERGY 245
ENTROPY 245
TEMPERATURE 245
KINETIC MOLECULAR THEORY 247
GAS LAWS 247
FLUID FLOW 249
WAVES 251
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 256
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION/MATTER INTERACTION 256
RADIOGRAPHY 257
GAS ANALYSIS 257
PULSE OXIMETRY 261
LASERS 262
SUMMARY 263
REFERENCES 263
Unit III: Technology Related to Anesthesia Practice 266
Chapter 16. Anesthesia Equipment 266
ORGANIZATION OF THE ANESTHESIA GAS MACHINE 266
SUPPLY 267
PROCESSING 275
DELIVERY 290
DISPOSAL 307
RISK MANAGEMENT 308
SUMMARY 310
REFERENCES 310
Chapter 17. Clinical Monitoring I: Cardiovascular System 315
PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETERIZATION 315
AUTOMATED ST-SEGMENT MONITORING 323
ARTERIAL PRESSURE MONITORING 329
TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING 331
SUMMARY 333
REFERENCES 334
Chapter 18. Clinical Monitoring II: Respiratory and Metabolic Systems 337
MONITORING STANDARDS 337
PRACTICAL APPROACH TO MONITORING 337
ADDITIONAL MONITORING ISSUES 345
ANESTHESIA EDUCATION AND PATIENT MONITORING 345
FUTURE OF CLINICAL MONITORING 346
SUMMARY 346
REFERENCES 346
Chapter 19. Clinical Monitoring III: Neurologic System 348
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM 348
PROCESSED EEG WAVEFORMS 350
EVOKED POTENTIALS 353
SUMMARY 356
REFERENCES 356
Unit IV: Preoperative Preparation 358
Chapter 20. Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation of the Patient 358
PREANESTHESIA ASSESSMENT CLINIC 358
CHART REVIEW 359
PATIENT INTERVIEW 360
PATIENT EVALUATION: OVERVIEW OF SYSTEMS 368
DIAGNOSTIC TESTING 391
FASTING CONSIDERATIONS 392
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PHYSICAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 394
PREVENTING OPERATIVE ERRORS 395
SUMMARY 395
REFERENCES 397
Unit V: Intraoperative Management 401
Chapter 21. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Blood Component Therapy 401
FLUID COMPARTMENTS 401
INFLUENCES OF SURGERY AND ANESTHESIA ON FLUID BALANCE 401
FLUID VOLUME DISORDERS 403
DISORDERS OF SODIUM BALANCE 403
DISORDERS OF POTASSIUM BALANCE 406
DISORDERS OF CALCIUM BALANCE 408
DISORDERS OF MAGNESIUM BALANCE 410
PARENTERAL FLUIDS 410
BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY 413
SUMMARY 417
REFERENCES 418
Chapter 22. Positioning for Anesthesia and Surgery 420
CLOSED-CLAIMS STUDIES 420
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF NERVE INJURY 421
PERIOPERATIVE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO NERVE INJURIES 422
PATIENT-RELATED FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO NERVE INJURIES 422
PERIOPERATIVE NEUROPATHIES 423
BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES 424
SPINAL CORD INJURY 425
POSTOPERATIVE VISUAL LOSS 426
OTHER POSITION-RELATED INJURIES 427
SURGICAL POSITIONING 429
PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF SURGICAL POSITIONS 434
SUMMARY 437
REFERENCES 437
Chapter 23. Airway Management 441
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE AIRWAY 441
AIRWAY ASSESSMENT 444
TRACHEAL INTUBATION 445
AIRWAY BLOCKS 451
CRICOID PRESSURE 452
ADJUNCT AIRWAY EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES 452
COMPLICATIONS OF TRACHEAL INTUBATION 460
DIFFICULT AIRWAY IN OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA 462
SUMMARY 463
REFERENCES 463
Chapter 24. Cardiovascular Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management 465
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 465
CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEXES 479
VASCULAR SYSTEM 480
HYPERTENSION 487
MITRAL STENOSIS 494
MITRAL REGURGITATION AND INSUFFICIENCY 495
AORTIC STENOSIS 497
AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY 499
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY 500
MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE 501
SUMMARY 502
REFERENCES 502
Chapter 25. Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery 504
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE 504
EFFECTS OF CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS 504
ANESTHESIA CONSIDERATIONS 506
ANESTHESIA MONITORING 510
PERFUSION PRINCIPLES 511
COAGULATION 513
PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF COAGULOPATHY 514
PHARMACOLOGIC APPROACHES TO BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL 515
PREOPERATIVE PERIOD 515
INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD 516
DISCONTINUING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS 517
MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF CARDIAC BYPASS 519
EXTUBATION 521
UNIQUE SITUATIONS IN CARDIAC ANESTHESIA 521
MINIMALLY INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS TECHNIQUES 522
ABLATION PROCEDURES 523
PEDIATRIC APPROACHES 524
SUMMARY 525
REFERENCES 525
Chapter 26. Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery 528
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE 528
ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS 530
ABDOMINAL AORTIC RECONSTRUCTION 530
THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS 538
AORTIC DISSECTION 539
DESCENDING THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS 540
ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR 543
CEREBROVASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY AND CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY 546
CAROTID ARTERY STENTING 552
PERIOPERATIVE COST CONTAINMENT 554
SUMMARY 555
REFERENCES 555
Chapter 27. Respiratory Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management 560
ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 560
MECHANICS OF BREATHING 565
PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW 570
ACID-BASE BALANCE 575
TREATMENT OF BLOOD GAS ABNORMALITIES 577
CONTROL OF BREATHING 577
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE 578
ASTHMA 587
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION 593
COR PULMONALE 594
PULMONARY EMBOLISM 597
RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DISEASES 603
ASPIRATION PNEUMONITIS 605
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME 610
NONCYTOTOXIC AND CYTOTOXIC DRUG-INDUCED PULMONARY DISEASE 612
PULMONARY OXYGEN TOXICITY 615
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS 616
FLAIL CHEST 618
PNEUMOTHORAX 618
ATELECTASIS 620
PLEURAL EFFUSION 621
SKELETAL DISORDERS 621
SUMMARY 625
REFERENCES 625
Chapter 28. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery 630
PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION 630
LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION 634
ONE-LUNG VENTILATION 636
ANALGESIA FOR THORACIC SURGERY 644
COMPLICATIONS AFTER THORACOTOMY 644
MEDIASTINAL MASSES 645
BULLAE 647
SUMMARY 648
REFERENCES 648
Chapter 29. Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neuroanesthesia 651
ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 651
ANATOMY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 653
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 656
VASCULATURE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 658
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 659
NEUROTRANSMITTERS 660
SENSORY PATHWAYS 662
MOTOR PATHWAYS 664
NEUROANESTHESIA 667
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE 670
NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING 673
ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROCEDURES 674
SUMMARY 690
REFERENCES 690
Chapter 30. Renal Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management 694
STRUCTURE OF THE KIDNEY 694
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY 696
EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA ON NORMAL RENAL FUNCTION 700
ACUTE RENAL FAILURE 702
CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE 705
PREOPERATIVE RENAL ASSESSMENT 706
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED RENAL DISEASE 710
INTRAVENOUS FLUID MANAGEMENT 713
ANESTHESIA FOR RENAL TRANSPLANTATION 714
EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE LITHOTRIPSY 718
PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY 719
TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE 719
LAPAROSCOPIC UROLOGIC SURGERY 721
ROBOTIC UROLOGIC SURGERY 722
SUMMARY 722
REFERENCES 722
Chapter 31. Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Disturbances and Anesthesia 727
PANCREATIC DISEASE 727
LIVER DISEASE 730
SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION PROCEDURES 740
DISEASES OF THE BILIARY TRACT 741
DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS 744
DISEASES OF THE STOMACH 746
PERITONEUM 750
DISEASES OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT 751
SPLENIC DISEASE 759
CARCINOID TUMORS AND CARCINOID SYNDROME 760
TRANSPLANTATION 762
SUMMARY 769
REFERENCES 769
Chapter 32. Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Surgery 771
CREATION OF THE PNEUMOPERITONEUM 771
COMPLICATIONS OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY 772
PHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF PNEUMOPERITONEUM 773
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT 776
POSTOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 777
THE FUTURE OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY 778
SUMMARY 778
REFERENCES 778
Chapter 33. Musculoskeletal System Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management 780
OVERVIEW OF NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION 780
MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY 785
MUSCULOSKELETAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND ANESTHESIA 789
SUMMARY 799
REFERENCES 799
Chapter 34. The Endocrine System and Anesthesia 802
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ENDOCRINE PHYSIOLOGY 802
PITUITARY GLAND 803
PARATHYROID GLAND 809
PANCREAS 813
DIABETES MELLITUS 816
ADRENAL GLANDS 823
THYROID GLAND 834
SUMMARY 839
REFERENCES 839
Chapter 35. Hematology and Anesthesia 842
THE NORMAL VESSEL WALL 842
VESSEL INJURY 843
CELL-BASED THEORY OF COAGULATION 846
FIBRINLOYTIC SYSTEM 846
ANESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS 847
SPECIFIC DISORDERS 853
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 854
SUMMARY 860
REFERENCES 860
Chapter 36. Thermal Injury and Anesthesia 862
CLASSIFICATION OF BURN INJURY 862
ETIOLOGIES OF BURN INJURIES 862
TREATMENT OF THE BURN PATIENT 864
SUMMARY 873
REFERENCES 873
Chapter 37. Trauma Anesthesia 875
PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES ARISING FROM TRAUMATIC INJURY 875
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAUMA PATIENTS 876
IDEAL TRAUMA CARE 876
TRAUMA SYSTEMS AND LEVELS OF CARE 877
STAGES IN TRAUMA CARE 877
TRAUMA-INDUCED SHOCK 880
MECHANISM OF INJURY 882
SELECTION OF ANESTHETIC AGENTS FOR THE TRAUMA PATIENT 889
SUMMARY 890
REFERENCES 890
Chapter 38. Outpatient Anesthesia 892
FEATURES OF OUTPATIENT SURGERY 892
PATIENT SELECTION 893
PATIENT EVALUATION AND PREPARATION 896
PREMEDICATION 901
ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS 902
POSTOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS 906
SUMMARY 913
REFERENCES 914
Chapter 39. Anesthesia for Ear, Nose, Throat, and Maxillofacial Surgery 921
FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE HEAD AND NECK 921
PREPARATION AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT PROCEDURES 923
SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT PROCEDURES 926
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT PROCEDURES 928
SELECT TECHNIQUES COMMONLY USED IN EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT PROCEDURES 930
PROCEDURES OF THE EAR AND FACE 934
SUMMARY 939
REFERENCES 940
Chapter 40. Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Procedures 942
OPHTHALMIC ANATOMY 942
PHARMACOLOGY: OCULAR MEDICATIONS AND ANESTHETIC AGENTS 948
SELECT OCULAR ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUES 952
OCULAR REGIONAL ANESTHESIA 952
POSITIVE ORBITAL PRESSURE 959
ANESTHESIA MANAGEMENT 959
OPHTHALMIC ANESTHESIA COMPLICATIONS 963
SUMMARY 966
REFERENCES 966
Chapter 41. Anesthesia for Orthopedics and Podiatry 969
PNEUMATIC TOURNIQUET 969
PATIENT POSITIONING 971
ARTHROSCOPY 973
ARTHROPLASTY 976
SPINAL SURGERY 978
FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY 981
FOREARM AND HAND SURGERY 981
ARTHRITIC SYNDROMES 981
SUMMARY 982
REFERENCES 982
Chapter 42. The Immune System and Anesthesia 985
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 985
IMMUNE SYSTEM PATHOLOGY 993
DISEASES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 997
ANESTHESIA AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 1002
SUMMARY 1006
REFERENCES 1006
Chapter 43. Anesthesia and Laser Surgery 1009
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF LASERS 1009
MEDICAL LASERS 1012
LASER SAFETY 1015
LASER HAZARDS AND PRECAUTIONS 1016
SPECIAL ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS 1021
ANESTHESIA FOR LASER PROCEDURES 1021
SUMMARY 1022
REFERENCES 1022
Chapter 44. Obesity and Anesthesia Practice 1024
OVERVIEW 1024
ADIPOSE TISSUE 1025
CAUSES OF OBESITY 1027
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OBESITY 1027
PEDIATRIC OBESITY 1030
MATERNAL OBESITY 1031
TREATMENT OF OBESITY 1031
PHARMACOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS 1032
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT: PREANESTHETIC EVALUATION 1034
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT: PREPARATION 1036
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT: MAINTENANCE 1038
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT: POSTOPERATIVE CARE 1040
SUMMARY 1041
REFERENCES 1041
Chapter 45. Regional Anesthesia: 1045
APPLIED ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL NEURAXIS 1045
SPINAL ANESTHESIA 1054
EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA 1063
COMBINED SPINAL AND EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA 1070
CAUDAL ANESTHESIA 1073
SUMMARY 1074
REFERENCES 1074
Chapter 46. Regional Anesthesia: 1077
HISTORY OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA 1077
SELECTION OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUES 1077
COMPLICATIONS OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA 1079
PHARMACOLOGY OF LOCAL ANESTHETICS 1080
ELECTRICAL STIMULATORS IN REGIONAL ANESTHESIA 1083
ULTRASOUND-GUIDED REGIONAL ANESTHESIA 1084
UPPER-EXTREMITY BLOCK 1084
INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA (BIER BLOCK) 1092
INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCKS 1093
LOWER-EXTREMITY BLOCK 1095
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND TRAUMA 1101
SUMMARY 1101
REFERENCES 1102
Chapter 47. Obstetric Anesthesia 1103
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES DURING NORMAL PREGNANCY 1103
STAGES OF LABOR AND DELIVERY 1107
PREPARATION FOR ANESTHETIC INTERVENTION 1109
INTRAVENOUS ANALGESIA IN THE PARTURIENT 1114
REGIONAL ANALGESIA AND ANESTHESIA FOR LABOR AND VAGINAL DELIVERY 1115
SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND COMPLICATIONS FOR OBSTETRIC PATIENTS 1121
ANESTHESIA FOR CESAREAN SECTION 1124
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS 1126
OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS 1129
ANESTHESIA FOR THE PREGNANT PATIENT UNDERGOING A NONOBSTETRIC PROCEDURE 1139
NEONATAL RESUSCITATION 1140
SUMMARY 1140
REFERENCES 1142
Chapter 48. Neonatal Anesthesia 1147
DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 1147
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 1148
ANESTHETIC PHARMACOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE NEONATE 1154
DRUGS USED IN NEONATAL ANESTHESIA 1155
FLUID MANAGEMENT 1156
ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT 1159
PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT 1160
ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR SELECTED CASES 1165
SUMMARY 1171
REFERENCES 1171
Chapter 49. Pediatric Anesthesia 1174
PEDIATRIC ANESTHETIC MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY 1174
PEDIATRIC PHARMACOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS 1175
PERIOPERATIVE CARE 1182
PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION 1188
PEDIATRIC AIRWAY MANAGEMENT 1196
INTRAVENOUS FLUID AND BLOOD THERAPY 1201
PEDIATRIC REGIONAL ANESTHESIA 1205
SUMMARY 1206
REFERENCES 1206
Chapter 50. Geriatrics and Anesthesia Practice 1210
PERSPECTIVES ON AGING 1210
EXPECTED ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES 1210
PHARMACOKINETIC AND PHARMACODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS 1214
PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT 1215
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT 1215
SUMMARY 1217
REFERENCES 1217
Chapter 51. Postanesthesia Recovery 1218
POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNIT ADMISSION 1218
ANESTHESIA REPORT 1218
INITIAL POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNIT ASSESSMENT 1218
ONGOING ASSESSMENT 1220
DISCHARGE FROM THE POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNIT 1234
SUMMARY 1236
REFERENCES 1237
Chapter 52. Pain Management 1239
PAIN 1240
ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT 1243
DRUGS USED IN PAIN MANAGEMENT 1244
MODE OF ADMINISTRATION 1250
PAIN MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN 1256
CANCER-RELATED PAIN 1257
SUMMARY 1265
REFERENCES 1265
Chapter 53. Anesthesia for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Procedures 1268
ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA IN REMOTE LOCATIONS 1268
ANESTHESIA FOR SPECIFIC PROCEDURES IN REMOTE LOCATIONS 1279
REMOTE ANESTHETIC MONITORING USING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 1297
MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RELATED TO THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES 1297
SUMMARY 1297
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1297
REFERENCES 1297
Chapter 54. Anesthesia Complications 1302
EYE INJURY 1302
CARDIOPULMONARY COMPLICATIONS 1304
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT 1311
OPERATING ROOM FIRE 1313
SUMMARY 1314
REFERENCES 1315
Index 1319