Table of Contents Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Scope of Modern Anesthetic Practice 2. The International Scope and Practice of Anesthesia 3. Perioperative Medicine 4. Informatics in Perioperative Medicine 5. Quality Improvement in Anesthesia Practice 6. Human Performance and Patient Safety 7. Patient Simulation 8. Ethical Aspects of Anesthesia Care
Section 2 ANESTHETIC PHYSIOLOGY 9. Consciousness, Memory, and Anesthesia 10. Sleep Medicine 11. Cerebral Physiology and the Effects of Anesthetic Drugs 12. Neuromuscular Physiology 13. Respiratory Physiology and Pathophysiology 14. Cardiac Physiology 15. Gastrointestinal Physiology and Pathophysiology 16. Hepatic Physiology and Pathophysiology 17. Renal Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology and Evaluation of Function 18. Basic Principles of Pharmacology 19. Inhaled Anesthetics: Mechanisms of Action 20. Inhaled Anesthetic Pharmacokinetics: Uptake, Distribution, Metabolism and Toxicity 21. Pulmonary Pharmacology and Inhaled Anesthetics 22. Inhaled Anesthetics: Delivery Systems 23. Intravenous Anesthetics 24. Opioids 25. Nonopioid Pain Medications 26. Intravenous Drug Delivery Systems 27. Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs 28. Reversal (Antagonism) of Neuromuscular Blockade 29. Local Anesthetics Section 3 ANESTHESIA MANAGEMENT 30. Risk of Anesthesia 31. Preoperative Evaluation 32. Anesthetic Implications of Concurrent Diseases 33. Complementary and Alternative Therapies 34. Patient Positioning for Anesthesia 35. Neuromuscular Disorders and Other Genetic Disorders 36. Cardiovascular Monitoring 37. Perioperative Echocardiography 38. Implantable Cardiac Pulse Generators: Pacemakers and Cardioverter-Defibrillators 39. Neurologic Monitoring 40. Monitoring Depth of Anesthesia (Monitoring Brain State) 41. Respiratory Monitoring 42. Renal Pathophysiology and Treatment for Perioperative Ischemia and Nephrotoxic Injury 43. Neuromuscular Monitoring 44. Airway Management in the Adult 45. Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia 46. Peripheral Nerve Blocks 47. Perioperative Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy 48. Perioperative Acid-Base Balance 49. Patient Blood Management: Transfusion Therapy 50. Patient Blood Management: Coagulation