Anesthesia and Perioperative Complications

Dr. Benumof is known as one of the biggest authorities in airway management,difficult airway management, and complications management. He authors our book Airway Management: Principles and Practice and several chapters in other books on our anesthesia list. He publishes several books with other publishersand is known for his excellent editorial and writing skills.

Lawrence Saidman has edited the major journal in the field Anesthesiology, the official journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He has also a high profile and useful connections with other senior clinicians in the field.

PART I: Complications from Specific Anesthetic Events 1 Management of the Airway (Carin Hagberg, Marc Boin) 2 Complications of Cardiovascular Monitoring (David L. Reich, David M. Moskowitz) 3 Complications from Neuraxial Anesthesia (J. C. Gerancher, Spencer S. Liu) 4 Complications of Nerve Blocks (Quinn H. Hogan, Stephen E. Abram) 5 Complications of Pain Therapy (Mark S. Wallace, Scott K. Magnuson) 6 Equipment Failure: Anesthesia Delivery Systems (James B. Eisenkraft, Richard M. Sommer) 7 Complications of Drugs Used in Anesthesia (Jonathan M. Anagnostou, Robert K. Stoelting) 8 Perioperative Nerve Injury (Anne C.P. Lui, Gale E. Thompson) 9 Why Monitoring During Anesthesia Has Unintended and Undesirable Consequences (Nathan Leon Pace) PART II: The Causes of Systemic Complications 10 Causes and Consequences of Impaired Gas Exchange (Thomas J. Gal) 11 Causes and Consequences of Arrhythmias (Roger L. Royster) 12 Hypotension, Hypertension, Perioperative Myocardial Ischemia, and Infarction (Stephen N. Harris) 13 Complications Related to Cardiopulmonary Bypass (Anne Rogers) 14 Anesthetic Complications Related to Endocrine Disease (Richard A. Wiklund, Stanley H. Rosenbaum) 15 Causes and Consequences of Hypothermia and Hyperthermia (Henry Rosenberg, Steven M. Frank) 16 Impaired Central Nervous System Function (Deborah J. Culley, Gregory Crosby) 17 Injuries to the Visual System and Other Sense Organs (Steven Roth, Inger Gillesberg) 18 Immunologic Complications (Jerrold H. Levy, Mette Veien, Michael E. Weiss) 19 Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (John B. Rose, Mehernoor F. Watcha) 20 Liver Dysfunction After Anesthesia (Phillip S. Mushlin, Simon Gelman) 21 Renal Dysfunction (Robert Lowes, Donald S. Prough) 22 Perioperative Electrolyte and Acid-Base Abnormalities (John Ard, Donald S. Prough) 23 Complications of Blood Transfusion (Randall Goskowicz) 24 Causes and Consequences of Maternal-Fetal Perianesthetic Complications (Brian K. Ross, H.S. Chadwick) 25 Anesthesia Complications Occurring Primarily in the Very Young (Frederic A. Berry, Jennifer E. O'Flaherty) 26 Injury to the Anesthetist (Jay B. Brodsky) PART III: Complications Related to Surgery That Might Be Attributed to Anesthesia 27 Cardiothoracic Surgery (Medhat S. Hannallah) 28 Complications Related to Abdominal Surgery (Girish P. Joshi) 29 Surgery Related Embolism (Levon Capan, Sanford Miller) PART IV: Medicolegal Considerations 30 Assessment of Anesthetic Risk (John P. Erickson, Michael F. Roizen) 31 Current Spectrum of Anesthetic Injury (Karen L. Posner, Frederick W. Cheney) 32 The Cost of Adverse Outcome (Robert A. Caplan) 33 Risk Management and Quality Assurance (John H. Eichhorn) 34 What To Do If Sued: An Analysis of the Allegation of Malpractice Brought Against an Anesthesia Provider (Nancy Jones Cummings)