ANESTHESIA

Chapter 16 – Thoracic Anesthesia

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Summary This is by far the most important aspect of preoperative assessment. Any patient with a score >2 should be referred to cardiology for additional testing. The Revised Cardiac Risk…

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Chapter 15 – Vascular Anesthesia

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Summary Anesthetic management of vascular surgery is highly demanding, due to physiologic perturbations caused by major vascular procedures, as well as the high burden of existing atherosclerotic disease or disease…

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Chapter 14 – Cardiac Anesthesiology

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Summary The anesthetic management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery involves meticulous preparation and persistent vigilance. In this chapter, we will discuss the general anesthetic principles that apply to all cardiac…

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Chapter 12 – Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

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Summary Maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance is one of the mainstays of anesthesia. Often patients present to the operating room with intravascular volume depletion secondary to nil per os (NPO)…

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Chapter 10 – Postanesthesia Care Unit

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Summary The postanesthesia care unit (PACU) or recovery unit is the place where patients go to after leaving the operating room (OR) and before being discharged home or to the…

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