Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
About the companion website xiii
Section I: General topics in anesthesia and analgesia 1
1 Anesthetic process 3 Yishai Kushnir and Carolyn M. McKune
2 Anesthesia equipment and monitoring 28 Jennifer Sager and Carolyn M. McKune
3 Adverse events/anesthetic complications 52 Carolyn M. McKune and Angela Borchers
4 Anesthetic considerations for specific procedures 93 Amanda M. Shelby and Carolyn M. McKune
5 Anesthesia in patients with concurrent disease 141 Sharon Tenenbaum Shih
6 Anesthesia and analgesia in the exotic patient 197 Amanda M. Shelby and Carolyn M. McKune
7 Nonopioid analgesia alternatives and locoregional blocks 231 Vaidehi Paranjape and Stephen Cital
Section II: Drug formulary 277 Dario A. Floriano and Amanda M. Shelby Appendices 385
Appendix A: Pain scale options 385
Appendix B: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 393
Appendix C: Constant-rate infusion calculations 396
Appendix D: Creating dilutions and reconstituting solutions 397
Appendix E: Abdominal tap 399
Appendix F: Drugs to withhold or continue in the perianesthetic period (see drug formulary, Section II) 400
Appendix G: Calculating fluid drip rates 403
Appendix H: Epidural calculations 403
Appendix I: Conversions 403
Index 405
