Includes DVD-ROM

New atlas with DVD providing clear guidance on blocks required for orthopaedic anaesthesia, including both single-injection and continuous nerve blocks.

This text and its companion DVD thoroughly review the anatomy points you need to know to effectively execute these techniques, and demonstrate all 16 essential nerve blocks as performed by specialists in orthopaedic anaesthesiology. Full-color photographs of the sequence of each block, combined with full-color drawings and photographs of cadaver sections of the applied anatomy, help to ensure proper needle placement for each procedure.

Features:

• Presents anatomy and techniques from a variety of perspectives through anatomical drawings, gross anatomy images, and photographs of surface anatomy - ensuring proper needle placement for each nerve block

• Uses a practical, "how-to" approach that makes the latest techniques easy to learn

• Covers problems and pitfalls to help you avoid potential complications

• Shows you how to perform both single-injection and continuous nerve blocks, and demonstrates the anatomical responses gained from percutaneous stimulation of nerves, via videos on the companion DVD

Contents:

I. BASICS OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT

• 1. The Autonomic Nervous System


• 2. Oxygenation and Ventilation


• 3. Blood Gas and Acid-Base Analysis


• 4. Fluids and Electrolytes


• 5. Hemotherapy


• 6. Coagulation


• 7. Airway Management

II. PHARMACOLOGY

• 8. Volatile Anesthetics


• 9. Intravenous Induction Agents


• 10. Opioids


• 11. Benzodiazepines


• 12. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents


• 13. Local Anesthetics


• 14. Inotropes and Vasoactive Drugs

III. PREPARING FOR ANESTHESIA

• 15. The Preoperative Evaluation


• 16. Preoperative Medication


• 17. The Anesthesia Machine


• 18. Anesthesia Circuits


• 19. Anesthesia Ventilators


• 20. Vaporizers


• 21. Patient Positioning

IV. PATIENT MONITORING AND PROCEDURES

• 22. Electrocardiography


• 23. Pulse Oximetry


• 24. Capnography


• 25. Monitoring Neuromuscular Function


• 26. Central Venous Catheterization and Pressure Monitoring


• 27. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization


• 28. Arterial Catheterization and Pressure Monitoring

V. PERIOPERATIVE PROBLEMS

• 29. Hypoxemia and Pulmonary Physiology


• 30. Hypercarbia


• 31. Hypotension


• 32. Hypertension


• 33. Awareness During Anesthesia


• 34. Cardiac Dysrhythmias


• 35. Temperature Monitoring and Disturbances


• 36. Postanesthetic Care and Complications

VI. ANESTHESIA AND SYSTEMIC DISEASE

• 37. Ischemic Heart Disease and Myocardial Infarction


• 38. Congestive Heart Failure


• 39. Valvular Heart Disease


• 40. Aorto-occlusive Disease


• 41. Cerebrovascular Insufficiency


• 42. Reactive Airway Disease


• 43. Aspiration


• 44. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease


• 45. Pulmonary Hypertension and Vasodilator Therapy


• 46. Anesthesia and Perioperative Hepatic Dysfunction


• 47. Renal Function and Anesthesia


• 48. Increased Intracranial Pressure


• 49. Muscular Disorders and Neuropathies


• 50. Anesthetic Concerns in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury


• 51. Anesthetic Management of Myasthenia Gravis


• 52. Malignant Hyperthermia


• 53. Alcoholism


• 54. Diabetes Mellitus


• 55. Thyroid and Adrenal Disease


• 56. Obesity


• 57. Anesthesia for Trauma


• 58. Anesthesia and Burns

VII. SPECIAL ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS

• 59. Neonatal Anesthesia


• 60. Pediatric Anesthesia


• 61. Fundamentals of Obstetric Anesthesia


• 62. Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia


• 63. High-Risk Obstetrics and Coexisting Disease


• 64. The Geriatric Patient


• 65. Outpatient Anesthesia


• 66. Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room


• 67. Artificial Cardiac Pacemakers


• 68. Congenital Heart Disease

VIII. REGIONAL ANESTHESIA

• 69. Spinal Anesthesia


• 70. Epidural Analgesia and Anesthesia


• 71. Peripheral Nerve Blocks

IX. ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTED SURGICAL PROCEDURES

• 72. Cardiopulmonary Bypass


• 73. Double-Lumen Endotracheal Tubes and One-Lung Ventilation


• 74. Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials and Spinal Surgery


• 75. Deliberate Hypotension


• 76. Anesthesia for Craniotomy


• 77. Laparoscopy


• 78. Transurethral Resection of the Prostate


• 79. Anesthetic Considerations for Laser Surgery


• 80. Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy

X. PAIN MANAGEMENT

• 81. Acute Pain Management


• 82. Chronic Pain

XI. CRITICAL CARE

• 83. Respiratory Therapy


• 84. Pulmonary Function Testing and Interpretation


• 85. Modes of Mechanical Ventilation


• 86. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Intensive Care Unit


• 87. Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit


• 88. Sepsis and the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome


• 89. ARDS

Reviews:

“The book has an accompanying DVD. It complements the text and reinforces the factual material.The audiovisual is clear and the picture resolution is excellent. The book is very well written, with excellent illustrations, annotations, and photographs. The reviewer highly recommends this book to all anesthesiology or Non-anesthesiology trainees.For the individual practicing anesthesiologist, this is an excellent procedure-orientated reference source to enhance major regional nerve block skills for orthopedic surgery." - "Anesthesiology," August 2008