Thoracic Anesthesia Procedures

Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, is Professor of Anesthesiology at LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he also serves as Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer. Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, is Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1. Normal Respiratory Physiology: Basic Concepts for the Clinician
2. Thoracic Radiology: Thoracic Anesthesia Procedures
3. Physiology of One- Lung Ventilation
4. Bronchoscopic Anatomy
5. Preoperative Evaluation and Optimization
6. Lung Isolation Techniques
7. Airway Devices for Thoracic Anesthesia and Ventilatory Techniques
8. Patient Positioning and Surgical Considerations
9. Anesthetic Management Techniques in Thoracic Surgery
10. Bronchoscopy and Mediastinoscopy Procedures
11. Anterior Mediastinal Masses
12. Pneumonectomy
13. Anesthesia for Pleural Space Procedures
14. Surgical Airway Management
15. Bronchopleural Fistula
16. Esophagectomy
17. Lung Transplantation
18. Postoperative Management and Complications in Thoracic Surgery
19. Pulmonary Pathophysiology in Anesthesia Practice
20. Anesthetic Management Techniques (Regional Anesthesia)
21. Novel Approaches to Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
22. Enhanced Recovery in Thoracic Surgery