Contents:

Contents

Vasoconstrictor Potassium Channel Blockers

Chronotropic Drugs 14 Adjunct Therapy

Drugs Affecting the Balance 53 John L Atlee Kai T Kiviluoma

Digitalis 24 Anesthetic Drugs

Porphyrias 74 William Jacobs

Succinylcholine

H1 and Preanesthetic Assessment 141

Electrocautery

Anesthetic Equipment 515 Chapter 138 Fires in the Operating Room

Flowmeters 518

Vaporizers 531 Patrick E Benedict Jack S Shanewise

Central Venous Pressure Chapter 157 Hypoxemia

Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 591 Senthilkumar Sadhasivam

Pediatric Laryngospasm 599 Chapter 161 Latex Allergy

Anesthetic Complications of Fetal Chapter 163 Hypoglycemia


FalsePositive Tests

Anaphylaxis and Anaphylactoid John L Atlee

Antibiotics 101

Opioids 119 Chapter 41 Difficult Airway OpiateInduced

Pulmonary Aspiration 186 Francis V Salinas

Bronchospasm 189 Terese T Horlocker

Hepatitis Alain Borgeat Steffan Blumenthal

Bacterial Sandra L Kopp

Management

PostDural Chapter 67 Anticoagulants and Peripheral

Chronic Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug Use 273 Chapter 80 Tachyarrhythmias with Ventricular Preexcitation

Perineural

Anticoagulation Initiation and Chapter 86 Postoperative Respiratory

Thrombosis

Postoperative Pulmonary Chapter 91 Mediastinal Masses

Parkinsons Disease 490 Chapter 130 Mechanical Ventilators 537

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm 384 Chapter 104 Metabolic Acidosis and Alkalosis

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Coexisting Disease

Patients with Cardiac Rhythm Coma 451 Pamela R Roberts Richard C Prielipp

DialysisDependent Patients

Physiologic and Metabolic

Hypothermia 419 C Lee Parmley Steven J Allen

Angioedema and Urticaria 426 Chapter 116 Myasthenic Disorders

Complications from Toxic Delivery Systems 553 S Devi Chiravuri

Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest 615 Chapter 165 Hypothermia in Pediatric Patients

Delayed Emergence in Pediatric

Postobstruction Pulmonary Edema in Pediatric Patients 634 Chapter 169 Complications of Massive Transfusion

Perioperative Psychological Chapter 182 Head Injury 732

Adenotonsillectomy

Ophthalmology

OPHTHALMOLOGY ENT Ear Nose and Throat

Venous Air Embolism 704

Vasospasm Craig M Palmer

Pediatric Neurosurgery 728 Chapter 193 Antepartum Hemorrhage

Pulmonary Aspiration in

Peripartum Neurologic

David J Wlody

General Surgery

Complications of Carcinoid Jennifer T Fortney

Complications of Thyroid

Complications of Trauma Surgery 827 Surgery

Chapter 232 Catheter Ablation

Postoperative Peripheral

Delayed Emergence 885 Chapter 236 Quality Assurance

Intractable Nausea and Vomiting 890 Chapter 238 Alleged Malpractice

Uncontrolled Pain 896 Chapter 240 Awareness under Anesthesia

Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Chapter 243 DoNotResuscitate Orders in

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