Essential anesthesia. From science to practice

Abstract

This concise, accessible introduction to the essentials of anesthesia is suitable for medical students and junior doctors as well as operating room staff. After describing the evaluation of the patient, the different approaches to anesthesia, and the postoperative care of the patient in pain, it introduces the essentials of physiology and pharmacology, and, finally, presents a step-by-step description of clinical cases, ranging from the simplest to the most complex. Part I. Clinical Management. -- 1. Preoperative evaluation. -- 2. Airway management. -- 3. Vascular access and fluid management. -- 4. Regional anesthesia. -- 5. General anesthesia. -- 6. Postoperative care. -- 7. Monitoring. -- 8. Anesthesia machine. -- Part II. Applied Physiology and Pharmacology. -- 9. Anesthesia and the cardiovascular system. -- 10. Anesthesia and the lung. -- 11. Anesthesia and other systems. -- 12. Pharmacology. -- Part III. Clinical Cases. -- Case 1. Breast biopsy under conscious sedation. -- Case 2. Carpal tunnel / Release under bier block. -- Case 3. Cataract removal under MAC. -- Case 4. Cesarean Section under regional anesthesia. -- Case 5. Gastric bypass under general anesthesia. -- Case 6. AV shunt placement under peripheral nerve block. -- Case 7. Open repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with coronary artery disease.