cover image - Anesthesia Secrets - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780443249242
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 06-16-2025
Page Count: 576
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $54.99

Anesthesia Secrets - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

by Brian M. Keech, MD, FAAP, Ryan D. Laterza, MD and Thomas B. Moore, CRNA, CRNA

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Anesthesia Secrets - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780443249242
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 06-16-2025
Page Count: 576
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $54.99
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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Anesthesia Secrets, 7th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style—making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
    • The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time—succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
    • Fully revised and updated throughout, offering practical coverage of the full range of essential topics in the practice of anesthesiology, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices.
    • Contains new chapters on Infection Diseases and Anesthesia, Head and Neck Anesthesia, Anesthesia and the Developing World, and Non-Operating Room Anesthesia.
    • Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.
    • Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.
  • SECTION 1. Fundamentals of Anesthetic Care
    1. Introduction to Anesthesia
    2. Preoperative Evaluation
    3. Airway Management
    4. Autonomic Nervous System
    5. Cardiac Physiology
    6. Pulmonary Physiology
    7. Arterial Blood Gas Analysis
    8. Volume Regulation and Fluid Replacement
    9. Electrolytes
    10. Coagulation
    11. Transfusion Therapy
    12. Perioperative Patient Safety
    13. Perioperative Medical Ethics

    SECTION 2. Pharmacology
    14. Inhaled Anesthetics
    15. Intravenous Anesthetics
    16. Opioids
    17. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
    18. Local Anesthetics
    19. Vasoactive Agents

    SECTION 3. Patient Monitoring and Procedures
    20. Pulse and Cerebral Oximetry
    21. Capnography
    22. Blood Pressure Monitoring and Arterial Catheterization
    23. Central Venous Catheterization
    24. Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Echocardiography
    25. Volume Assessment
    26. The Anesthesia Machine
    27. Mechanical Ventilation Strategies
    28. Electrocardiogram
    29. Pacemakers and Internal Cardioverter Defibrillators

    SECTION 4. Perioperative Problems
    30. Blood Pressure Disturbances
    31. Pulmonary Complications
    32. Awareness During Anesthesia
    33. Temperature Disturbances
    34. Post-Anesthetic Care
    35. Infectious Disease and Anesthesia

    SECTION 5. Anesthesia and Select Systemic Disease
    36. Coronary Artery Disease and Perioperative Myocardial Infarction
    37. Heart Failure
    38. Valvular Heart Disease
    39. Pulmonary Hypertension
    40. Obstructive Lung Disease. Asthma and COPD
    41. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    42. Hepatic Dysfunction and Liver Transplantation
    43. Renal Function and Anesthesia
    44. Intracranial and Cerebrovascular Disease
    45. Intracranial Hypertension and Traumatic Brain Injury
    46. Malignant Hyperthermia and Other Myopathies
    47. Degenerative Neurological Diseases and Neuropathies
    48. Diabetes Mellitus
    49. Nondiabetic Endocrine Disease
    50. Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
    51. Alcohol and Substance Misuse

    SECTION 6. Anesthesia and Select Patient Populations
    52. Neonatal Anesthesia
    53. Pediatric Anesthesia
    54. Congenital Heart Disease
    55. Fundamentals of Obstetric Anesthesia
    56. Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia
    57. High-Risk Obstetrics
    58. Head and Neck Anesthesia
    59. Trauma Anesthesia
    60. The Burned Patient
    61. Geriatric Anesthesia
    62. Global Health and Anesthesia

    SECTION 7. Anesthesia and Select Surgical Procedures
    63. Laparoscopic Surgery
    64. Major Vascular Surgery
    65. Cardiac Surgery. Cardiopulmonary Bypass
    66. Thoracic Surgery. Lung Isolation Techniques
    67. Spine Surgery
    68. Craniotomy
    69. Shoulder Operations
    70. Nonoperating Room Anesthesia
    71. Electroconvulsive Therapy

    SECTION 8. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management
    72. Fundamentals of Regional Anesthesia
    73. Peripheral Nerve and Trunk Blocks
    74. Nerve Blocks for The Head and Neck
    75. Neuraxial Anesthesia and Analgesia
    76. Acute Pain Management
    77. Chronic Pain Management

  • Brian M. Keech, MD, FAAP, Staff Anesthesiologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA, Ryan D. Laterza, MD, Attending Critical Care Anesthesiologist, Denver Health Medical Center, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA and Thomas B. Moore, CRNA, CRNA, CRNA, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
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