Basic Clinical Anesthesia

Paul K. Sikka, MD, PhD Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA Affiliate of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (Former faculty - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

Part I. The Basics.- 1.History of Anesthesia.- 2.Preoperative Evaluation.- 3. Approach to Anesthesia.- 4. Perioperative Airway Management.- 5. Anesthesia Machine.- 6. Patient Monitoring.- 7. Fluid and Electrolyte balance.- 8. Transfusion Medicine.- Part II. Anesthetic  Pharmacology.- 9. Mechanisms of Anesthetic Action.- 10. Inhalational Anesthetics.- 11. Intravenous Induction Agents.- 12. Opioids and Benzodiazepines.- 13. Neuromuscular blocking and reversal agents.- 14. Antiemetics.- 15. NSAIDs and Alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonists.- 16. Diuretics.- 17. Cardiovascular pharmacology.- 18. Local Anesthetics.- 19. Allergic reactions.- 20. Drug Interactions.- Part III. Regional Anesthesia.- 21. Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia.- 22. Peripheral nerve blocks.- 23. Ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks.- 24. Pain Management.- 25. Orthopedic Anesthesia.- Part IV. Specialty Anesthesia.- 26. Cardiac Anesthesia.- 27. Vascular Anesthesia.- 28. Ophthalmic Surgery.- 29. Neuroanesthesia.- 30. Ambulatory Anesthesia.- 31. Non-Operating Room Anesthesia.- 32. Hepatic and Gastrointestinal diseases.- 33. Renal and Urinary Tract Diseases.- 34. Endocrine diseases.- 35. Neurological and Neuromuscular Diseases.- 36. Ophthalmic Surgery.- 37. Ear, nose and throat surgery.- 38. Obstetric Anesthesia.- 39. Pediatric Anesthesia.- 40. Critical Care.- 41. Postoperative anesthesia care.- Part V. Special Anesthesia Topics.- 42. Obesity.- 43. The Elderly patient.- 44. Pulmonary Aspiration & Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting.- 45. Acid Base balance.- 46. Trauma.- 47. Spine Surgery.- 48. Robotic Surgery.- 49. Patient positioning and Common nerve injuries.- 50. Substance Abuse.- 51. Awareness under anesthesia.- 52. Infectious diseases.- 53. Alternative Medicine and Anesthesia.- 54. Cosmetic Surgery.- 55. Hazards of Working in the Operating Room.- 56. Operating room management.- 57. Residency Requirements and Guidelines.