Thoracic Anesthesia Procedures

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.

• 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