Anesthesiology

Part 1 The respiratory system: asthma - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Fun-Sun F. Yao; bronchoscopy and thoracotomy, Fun-Sun F. Yao; aspiration pneumonitis and acute respiratory failure, Fun-Sun F. Yao; tracheoesophageal fistula, Marjorie J. Topkins; congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Fun-Sun F. Yao and John J. Savarese; lung transplantation, Paul M. Heerdt. Part 2 The cardiovascular system: ischaemic heart disease and coronory artery bypass grafting, Fun-Sun F. Yao; valvular heart disease, Gregg S. Hartman and Stephen J. Thomas; tetralogy of fallot, Marjorie J. Topkins; transposition of the great arteries, Doreen L. Wray Roth; pacemaker, Fun-Sun F. Yao; abdominal aortic aneurysm resection and postoperative pain management, Lori A. Rubin and Howard L. Rosner; hypertension, Fun-Sun F. Yao; postoperative haemorrhage with cardiac tamponade, Onofrio Patalfo; patent ductus arteriosis and prematurity, Fun-Sun F. Yao and Robert E. Kelly; heart transplantation and subsequent noncardiac surgery, Davy C.H. Cheng; ischaemic heart disease and noncardiac surgery, Fun-Sun F. Yao. Part 3 The gastrointestinal system: intestinal obstruction, Joseph Tjan; pyloric stenosis, Vinod Malhotra. Part 4 The nervous system: brain tumour and craniotomy, Alan Von Poznak; carotid endarterectomy, Cynthia A. Lien and Alan Von Poznak; spinal cord tumour, Elon H. Mehr and Alan Von Poznak; head injury, Robert E. Beford; cerebral aneurysm, Patricia Fogarty-Mack; reflex sympathetic dystrophy, Vinod Malhotra; brachial plexus block, Vinod Malhotra; nerve blocks of the lower extremity, Jeffrey Y.F. Ngeow; cancer pain, Mindy Lyn Nestampower et al. Part 5 The endocrine system: thyrotoxicosis, Dana L. Oster and Su-Pen Bobby Chang; pheochromocytoma, Gregory E. Kerr; diabetes, Vinod Malhotra. Part 6 The genitourinary system: transurethral resection of the prostate, Isaac Azar; kidney transplant, Fun-Sun F. Yao; placenta previa/placenta accreta, Howard D. Koff; pregnancy-induced hypertension, Edwina Sia-Kho; breech presentation, foetal distress and mitral stenosis, Jill Fong; appendectomy for a pregnant patient, Farida Gadalla; laparoscopic surgery, Judith Weingram. Part 7 The haematologic system: haemophilia and coagulation disorders, Robert E. Kelly and Fun-Sun F. Yao; sickle cell disease, Vinod Malhotra. Part 8 Eye, ear, nose and throat: open-eye injury, Theresa T. Kudlak; laser treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, Matthew C. Gomillion; acute epiglottis and the croup syndrome, Miles Dinner; cleft palate, Marjorie J. Topkins; cervical mass in infancy, Miles Dinner; airway trauma, Alexander W. Gotta et al. Part 9 Miscellaneous: myasthenia gravis, Cynthia A. Lien and Alan Von Poznak; malignant hyperthermia, Vinod Malhotra; prolonged apnea, Alan Von Poznak; burns, Gregg S. Hartman; trauma, Ralph L. Slepian; scoliosis, Victor M. Zayas; hypoxia and equipment failure, Alan D. Kestenbaum; ambulatory surgery, Matthew C. Gomillion. (Part contents)