Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

Covers recent advances in anesthesia for thoracic surgery
New topics include advances in management of one-lung anesthesia, lung isolation, lung transplantation, pharmacologic therapy of pulmonary hypertension
Features sections specifically designed to interest residents: clinical case discussions at the end of each clinical chapter and practical tables describe detailed anesthetic management
Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery covers all aspects of anesthesia for diagnostic and therapeutic thoracic procedures, including advances not addressed by other volumes, such as extracorporeal ventilatory support, new chest imaging modalities, lung isolation with a difficult airway, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, chronic postthoracotomy pain, management of one-lung anesthesia, lung isolation, lung transplantation, and pharmacologic therapy of pulmonary hypertension. The book is aimed at residents, fellows, and staff anesthesiologists, as well as nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and anesthesia assistants.

Major topics and special features:

Underlying basic science
Preoperative evaluation of the patient
Airway procedures
Mediastinal procedures
The complicating factors of significant co-morbidities and/or advanced age
Uncommon and complex thoracic surgical procedures
Post-operative care
End-stage lung disease
Pediatric Thoracic Anesthesia
“Key Points” summarizing each chapter’s Highlights
Clinical case discussion, with the Author’s recommendations, in every clinical chapter

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