Cambridge Handbook of Anesthesiology

The recent advances in the clinical practice of anesthesiology have increased the need for a new state-of-the art anesthesia handbook for practicing anesthesiologists, trainees and students. This practical book provides a modern, clinically focused guide for any clinical question related to anesthesia care, presenting comprehensive, yet succinct knowledge from experts in the field. It describes the best practice in a concise yet easily digestible format and features numerous tables and figures, a bulleted points/outline format, and algorithms allowing for rapid assimilation of key information. New techniques and common procedures are also covered in detail. This up-to-date pocketbook is perfect for quick reference in the operating room, providing rapid access to evidence-based clinical content covering the full breadth of the field, including pediatric, obstetric, cardiac and regional anesthesia sections. In addition to daily clinical practice, the book serves also as a convenient companion for board review and recertification exam preparation.

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• Information is presented in an easy-to-read format, with concise chapters containing key bullet points and outlines alongside figures, algorithms, tables and formulas summarizing key concepts
• Provides all the essential information and up-to-date knowledge needed to successfully management a patient undergoing anesthesia
• Covers all of the major general and subspecialty areas of anesthesia, allowing the reader to learn the latest information, including drugs, technology, information on patient outcomes and different anesthetic techniques

1. Preoperative evaluation and coexisting disease
2. Airway management
3. Anesthesia equipment: Clinical considerations
4. Patient monitoring
5. Inhalational Anesthetics
6. Intravenous anesthetics and adjunctive agents
7. Pharmacology of local Anesthetics
8. Anesthesia techniques: Mild, moderate, and deep sedation in clinical practice
9. Anesthesia techniques: General Anesthesia techniques in clinical practice
10. Postanesthesia care unit
11a. Regional Anesthesia: Blocks of the upper and lower extremities
11b. Regional Anesthesia: Chest and abdominal plane blocks
12. Fluid and electrolyte balance
13. Blood transfusion components and complications in Anesthesiology
14. Cardiac Anesthesiology
15. Vascular Anesthesia
16. Thoracic Anesthesia
17. Neuroanesthesia
18. Renal anesthesiology in clinical practice
19. Anesthesia for general surgical procedures
20. Anesthesia for endocrine diseases
21. Anesthesia for neuromuscular and collagen vascular diseases
22. Anesthesia for ocular, ear, and throat diseases
23. Orthopedic Anesthesia
24. Obstetric and gynecologic Anesthesia
25. Pediatric Anesthesia
26. Geriatric Anesthesia
27. Anesthesia for ambulatory surgical procedures
28. Chronic pain medicine
29. Acute pain management
30. Anesthetic emergencies
31. Trauma Anesthesia
32. Perioperative cognitive disorders
33. Acute pain management in the ICU
34. Infection control for the Anesthesia provider
35. Coagulation.

Alan David Kaye, Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Alan David Kaye is Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Provost, Pain Fellowship Program Director and Tenure Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neurosciences at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine, the American Board of Anesthesia and American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians and serves as a Board of Director for the latter.

Richard D. Urman, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Richard D. Urman is a staff anesthesiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts. He currently serves as Associate Chair for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as well as Medical Director of Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Director, Center for Perioperative Research (C. P. R.), and Perioperative Medicine Fellowship Director.

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