Essential Anesthesia

T. Y. Euliano is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Chair for Education, Residency Program Director, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, USA. The late J. S. Gravenstein was the founder and a long-time faculty member of the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, USA. Nikolaus Gravenstein is the Jerome H. Modell Professor of Anesthesiology and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, and Professor of Periodontology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, USA. Dietrich Gravenstein is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Medical Director, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, USA.

• Foreword; Preface; Introduction: a very short history of anesthesia; Safety in medicine; Part I. Clinical Management: 1. Pre-operative evaluation; 2. Airway management; 3. Vascular access and fluid management; 4. Regional anesthesia; 5. General anesthesia; 6. Post-operative care; 7. Monitoring; 8. The 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. A brief pharmacology related to anesthesia; Part III. Clinical Cases: 13. Breast lumpectomy under conscious sedation; 14. Carpal tunnel release under Bier block; 15. Cataract removal under MAC; 16. Cesarean section under regional anesthesia; 17. Gastric bypass under general anesthesia; 18. AV shunt placement under peripheral nerve block; 19. Open repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with coronary artery disease; 20. Trauma patient under general anesthesia; 21. Liver resection under general anesthesia; 22. Back surgery in a patient with chronic pain and an AICD; 23. Pediatric inguinal hernia repair under general anesthesia; Index.

'This book is sufficiently brief and succinct to be of interest to its targeted audience. At the same time it is sufficiently comprehensive and lucid to retain the lay person's interest, and impart a meaningful understanding of the practice and scope of anesthesiology. … very well written and most appropriate for its intended audience. I recommend this book highly to medical students, junior doctors, and medical professionals in other disciplines who wish to acquire a good grasp of the essentials of anesthesiology.' Canadian Journal of Anesthesia