Jesse M. Ehrenfeld MD, MPH

Senior Associate Dean and Director

Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment

Professor, Anesthesiology

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Richard D. Urman MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Anesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Associate Chair for DFCI

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Scott Segal, MD, MHCM

Thomas H. Irving Professor and Chair

Department of Anesthesiology

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Co-Executive Director, Perioperative Services

Wake Forest Baptist Health

Enterprise Academic Chair, Atrium Health

Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Provides a comprehensive approach to student education and review of main anesthesia topics

Features case studies with questions and answers

Appendices with useful algorithms, formulae, pathways

Part I Introduction to Anesthesiology.- 1 How to Be a "Star" Student, Career Options, and the Match.- 2 History of Anesthesia and Introduction to the Specialty.- Part II Pharmacology.- 3 Pharmacology Principles.- 4 Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetic Agents and Analgesics.- 5 Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics.- 6 Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics.- 7 Pharmacology of Adjunct Agents.- Part III Preoperative Considerations.- 8 Preoperative Patient Evaluation.- 9 Airway Evaluation and Management.- 10 The Anesthesia Machine.- 11 Anesthesia Equipment and Monitors.- Part IV Intraoperative Considerations.- 12 Anesthetic Techniques: General, Sedation, MAC.- 13 Anesthetic Techniques: Regional.- 14 Electrolytes and Acid-Base Analysis.- 15 Fluids and Transfusion Therapy.- 16 Peripheral, Arterial, and Central Lines and Gastric Tube Placement.- 17 Intraoperative Problems.- Part V Systems Physiology and Anesthetic Subspecialties.- 18 Physiology and Anesthesia for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery.- 19 Physiology and Anesthesia for Neurologic, ENT, and Ophthalmologic Surgery.- 20 Obstetrics.- 21 Physiology and Anesthesia for General and Bariatric Surgery.- 22 Anesthesia for Urological Surgery.- 23 Pediatric Surgery.- 24 Physiology and Anesthesia for Elderly Patients.- 25 Ambulatory Surgery.- 26 Out-of-OR (OOR) Procedures.- 27 Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery.- Part VI Postoperative Considerations.- 28 Perioperative Acute and Chronic Pain Management.- 29 Postoperative Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Common Postoperative Problems.- 30 Introduction to Critical Care.- Part VII Special Topics.- 31 Anesthesiology as a Perioperative Medicine Specialty.- 32 Professionalism, Safety, and Teamwork.- 33 Quality Assurance, Patient and Provider Safety.- 34 Ethical and Legal Issues in Anesthesia.- 35 Clinical Simulation in Anesthesia Education.- 36 Anesthesia in Adverse Environments.

Appendix A: ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm

Appendix B: Malignant Hyperthermia

Appendix C: Useful Formulae

Appendix D: Clinical Algorithms