Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital

I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT BEFORE ANESTHESIA *1: Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia Alla Tauber & Mary Kraft *2: Specific Considerations with Cardiac Disease Shahzad Shaefi & Hovig V. Chitilian *3: Specific Considerations with Pulmonary Disease* Stephanie C. Cintora & Kenneth E. Shepherd *4: Specific Considerations with Renal Disease Rafael Vazquez & William Benedetto *5: Specific Considerations with Liver Disease Salomon M. Maya & Wilton C. Levine *6: Specific Considerations with Endocrine Disease Anne M. Drewry, Robert A. Peterfreund & Stephanie L. Lee *7: Infectious Diseases and Infection Control in Anesthesia* Shahzad Shaefi & Ulrich Schmidt II: ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA *8: Safety in Anesthesia* Sara N. Goldhaber-Fiebert & Jeffrey B. Cooper *9: The Anesthesia Machine* Andrew R. Vaclavik & Greg Ginsburg *10: Monitoring* Jennifer Chatburn & Warren S. Sandberg *11: Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics* Claudia Benkwitz & Ken Solt *12: Neuromuscular Blockade Oleg V. Evgenov & Peter F. Dunn *13: Airway Evaluation and Management Cosmin Gauran & Peter F. Dunn *14: Administration of General Anesthesia Stuart A. Forman & Victor Chin *15: Local Anesthetics Maryam Jowza & Rebecca D. Minehart *16: Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia Jason Lewis & May C.M. Pian-Smith *17: Regional Anesthesia* Keith Fragoza & Lisa Warren *18: Intra-anesthetic Problems Jonathan Bloom & Keith Baker *19: Perioperative Hemodynamic Control Brian T. Bateman & Vilma E. Ortiz *20: Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery Emily A. Apsell & John J.A. Marota *21: Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery Junichi Naganuma & Paul H. Alfille *22: Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery M. Richard Pavao & Edward A. Bittner *23: Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery Ethan Small & Jason Qu *24: Anesthesia for Neurosurgery Scott A. LeGrand & Michele Szabo *25: Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery Brian D. Cauley & Deborah S. Pederson *26: Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery Kris C. Lukauskis & William R. Kimball *27: Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients Zhongcong Xie & Christine Finer *28: Anesthesia for Surgical Emergencies in the Neonate/LI> James Y. Ko, Lisa N. Charo, Jonathan H. Cronin & Jesse D. Roberts, Jr. *29: Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery Susan A. Vassallo & Lisbeth L. Pappas *30: Anesthesia for Obstetrics and Gynecology Ritu Kapoor, Jeannie C. Min & Lisa Leffert *31: Ambulatory Anesthesia Christopher Hodge & Lisa Wollman *32: Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room* Thomas J. Graetz & John J.A. Marota *33: Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns Vikram Kumar & Keith Baker *34: Transfusion Therapy Jonathan E. Charnin & Shubha V. Raju III: PERIOPERATIVE ISSUES *35: The Postanesthesia Care Unit Asheesh Kumar & Ed George *36: Perioperative Respiratory Failure Michael R. Shaughnessy & Luca M. Bigatello *37: Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation Richard M. Pino, Bradley E. Randel & Arthur J. Tokarcyzk *38: Pain* Karsten Bartels & James P. Rathmell *39: Complementary and Alternative Medicine* Margaret Gargarian & P. Grace Harrell *40: Ethical and End-of-Life Issues Sheri Berg & Rae M. Allain Appendix