Preoperative Risk Stratification of the Thoracic Surgical Patient David J. FickeJerome M. Klafta Key Points 1. All patients being considered for lung resection should have pulmonary function tests…
Practice Improvement and Patient Safety in Thoracic Anesthesia: A Human Factors Perspective Noa SegallJonathan B. Mark Clinical Vignette A 46-year-old woman was scheduled for bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy. Following…
Perioperative Management of the Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension E. Andrew Ochroch Pulmonary hypertension is a common but underappreciated pathological condition in patients who undergo thoracic surgery, and being…
Mechanisms of Pain in Thoracic Surgery Jessica A. Boyette-DavisPatrick M. Dougherty Key Points • Acute pain can be produced from trauma sustained during surgery. This injury results in…
History and Scope of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery Marcelle BlessingEdmond Cohen The history of anesthesia for thoracic surgery encompasses much of the history of anesthesia because the modern…
The Biology of Lung and Esophageal Cancer Mark W. OnaitisDavid H. Harpole Over the past decades, it has become recognized that cancer is a genetic disease. Therefore, the…
2. Spinal modulation that results in augmentation of pain pathways is a consequence of neuronal plasticity. The phenomenon of “wind-up” is an example of central plasticity that results from repetitive…
B. Full Stomach. A full stomach is a background condition in acute trauma. (Urgency of securing the airway often does not permit adequate time for pharmacologic measures to reduce gastric…
FIGURE 35-1. Schematic of the cervical plexus, which arises from the anterior primary rami of C2–C4. The motor branches (including the phrenic nerve) curl anteriorly around the anterior scalene muscle…
1. Lifestyle counseling is still the most effective tool for long-term weight loss, but it can be combined with the use of medications. 2. Currently, the only antiobesity medications approved…
