http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
2 volumes (xviii, 3203 pages), 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
History of anesthetic practice -- Scope of modern anesthetic practice -- Basic principles of pharmacology related anesthesia -- Mechanisms of action -- Uptake and distribution -- Pulmonary pharmacology -- Cardiovascular pharmacology -- Metabolism and toxicity of inhaled anesthetics -- Inhaled anesthetic delivery systems -- Intravenous nonopioid anesthetics -- Intravenous opioid anesthetics -- Intravenous drug delivery systems -- Pharmacology of muscle relaxants and their antagonists -- Local anesthetics -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- The autonomic nervous system -- Respiratory physiology and respiratory function during anesthesia -- Cardiac physiology -- Hepatic physiology and pathophysiology -- Renal physiology -- Cerebral physiology and the effects of anesthetics and techniques -- Neuromuscular physiology and pharmacology -- Statistical methods in anesthesia -- Risk of anesthesia -- Preoperative evaluation -- Pulmonary function testing -- Anesthetic implications of concurrent diseases -- Patient positioning -- Malignant hyperthermia -- Fundamental principles of monitoring instrumentation -- Measuring depth of anesthesia -- Cardiovascular monitoring -- Transesophageal echocardiography -- Electrocardiography -- Implantable cardiac pulse generators, pacemakers, and cardioverter-defibrillators -- Respiratory monitoring -- Renal function monitoring
Neurologic monitoring -- Neuromuscular monitoring -- Temperature monitoring -- Perioperative acid-base balance -- Airway management -- Spinal, epidural, and caudal anesthesia -- Nerve blocks -- Regional anesthesia in children -- Fluid and electrolyte physiology -- Transfusion therapy -- Autologous transfusion -- Anesthesia for thoracic surgery -- Anesthesia for cardiac surgery procedures -- Anesthesia for pediatric cardiac surgery -- Anesthesia for vascular surgery -- Neurosurgical anesthesia -- Anesthesia and the renal and genitourinary systems -- Anesthesia and the hepatobiliary system -- Organ transplantation -- Anesthesia for laparoscopic surgery -- Anesthesia for obstetrics -- Resuscitation of the newborn -- Pediatric anesthesia -- Anesthesia for orthopedic surgery -- Anesthesia for the elderly -- Anesthesia for trauma -- Chemical and biological warfare agents : the role of anesthesiologist -- Anesthesia for eye, ear, nose, and throat surgery -- Anesthesia for robotic surgery -- Anesthesia for laser surgery -- Ambulatory outpatient anesthesia -- Anesthesia at remote locations -- Clinical care in altered environments : at high and low pressure and in space -- The postanesthesia care unit -- Acute postoperative pain -- Chronic pain
Overview of anesthesiology and critical care medicine -- Respiratory care -- Pediatric and neonatal intensive care -- Nutritional aspects -- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation : basic and advanced life support -- Brain death -- Medical information on the internet -- Quality improvement -- Perioperative blindness -- Human performance and patient safety -- Patient simulators -- Teaching anesthesia -- Operating room management -- Electrical safety in the operating room -- Enviromental safety including chemical dependence -- Ethical and legal aspects of anesthesia care
edited by Ronald D. Miller ; atlas of regional anesthesia procedures illustrated by Gwenn Afton-Bird.
Includes bibliographical references and index.