Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery (eBook)

Peter D. Slinger, MD, FRCPC, is Professor of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and Staff Anesthesiologist, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Ch. 1. History of Thoracic Anesthesiology.- Part I. Preoperative Evaluation.- Ch. 2. Preanesthetic Assessment for Thoracic Surgery.- Ch. 3. Thoracic Imaging.- Part II. Thoracic Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology.- Ch. 4. Essential Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System and the Pulmonary Circulation.- Ch. 5. Physiology of the Lateral Decubitus, Open Chest and One-Lung Ventilation.- Ch. 6. Clinical Management of One-Lung Ventilation.- Ch. 7. Non-respiratory Functions of the Lungs.- Ch. 8. Pharmacology of the Airways.- Ch. 9. Pharmacology of the Pulmonary Circulation.- Ch. 10. Perioperative Lung Injury.- Part III. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures of the Trachea and Airways.- Ch. 11. Bronchoscopic Procedures.- Ch. 12. Intravenous Anesthesia for Thoracic Procedures.- Ch. 13. Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction.- Part IV. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures of the Mediastinum.- Ch. 14. Anesthesia for Patients with Mediastinal Masses.- Ch. 15. Thymic Surgery and Paraendocrine Syndromes.- Part V. Anesthetic Management for Intra-Thoracic Surgery.- Ch. 16. Lung Isolation.- Ch. 17. Lung Isolation in Patients with Difficult Airways.- Ch. 18. Intraoperative Patient Positioning and Neurological Injuries.- Ch. 19. Intraoperative Monitoring.- Ch. 20. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography for thoracic surgery.- Ch. 21. Intra-operative Ventilation Strategies for Thoracic Surgery.- Ch. 22. Anesthesia for Open Pulmonary Resection—A Systems Approach.- Ch. 23. Anesthesia for Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.- Part VI. Specific Patient Considerations.- Ch. 24. Anesthesia for Patients with End Stage Lung Disease.- Ch. 25. Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly.- Ch. 26. Thoracic Anesthesia for Morbidly Obese Patients and Obese Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.- Part VII. Complex Thoracic Surgical procedures.- Ch. 27. Surgery of the Chest Wall and Diaphragm.- Ch. 28. Extrapleural Pneumonectomy.- Ch. 29. Pancoast tumors and Combined Spinal Resections.- Ch. 30. Anesthesia for Esophageal Surgery.- Ch. 31. Anesthetic for Robotic Thoracic Surgery.- Ch. 32. Anesthesia for Combined Cardiac and Thoracic Procedures.- Part VIII. Anesthetic Management of Uncommon Pulmonary Procedures.- Ch. 33. Anesthetic Considerations for Infectious, Congenital, and Acquired Pulmonary Disorders.- Ch. 34. Massive Hemoptysis.- Ch. 35. Whole Lung Lavage.- Part IX. Anesthesia for Surgical procedures for End-Stage Lung Diseases.- Ch. 36. Lung Volume Reduction.- Ch. 37. Lung Transplantation.- Ch. 38. Anesthesia for Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy.- Part X. Anesthesia Pediatric Thoracic Surgical Procedures.- Ch. 39. Anesthesia for Pediatric Thoracic Surgery.- Part XI. Trauma.- Ch. 40. Anesthetic Management for Thoracic Trauma.- Part XII. Post-operative Management.- Ch. 41. Anesthetic Management of Post-thoracotomy Complications.- Ch. 42. Postoperative Respiratory Failure and Treatment.- Ch. 43. Postoperative Management: Extracorporeal Ventilatory Therapy.- Ch. 44. Cardiovascular Adaptations and Complications.- Ch. 45. Post-thoracotomy Surgical Management and Complications.- Ch. 46. Pain management after thoracic surgery.- Ch. 47. Prevention and Management of Chronic Post-thoracotomy Pain.