Table of Contents
Section I: INTRODUCTION

1. History of Anesthetic Practice, Merlin D. Larson

Section II: SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES

2. Scope of Modern Anesthetic Practice, Steven J. Thomas and Frederick K. Orkin

3. Basic Principles of Pharmacology Related to Anesthesia, Debra A. Schwinn and Steven L. Shafer

Inhaled Anesthetics

4. Mechanisms of Action, Donald D. Koblin

5. Uptake and Distribution, Edmond I. Eger II

6. Pulmonary Pharmacology, Neil E. Farber, Paul S. Pagel, and David C. Warltier

7. Cardiovascular Pharmacology, David C. Warltier, Paul S. Pagel, and Neil E. Farber

8. Metabolism and Toxicity of Inhaled Anesthetics, Jackie Martin

9. Inhaled Anesthetic Delivery Systems, Russell C. Brockwell and J. Jeff Andrews

Intravenous Anesthetics

10. Intravenous Nonopioid Anesthetics, J.G. Reves, Peter S. A. Glass, David A. Lubarsky, and Matthew D. McEvoy

11. Intravenous Opioid Anesthetics, Kazuhiko Fukuda

12. Intravenous Drug Delivery Systems, Peter S. A. Glass and Steven L. Shafer & J.G. Reves

Other Drugs Commonly Used in Anesthesia

13. Pharmacology of Muscle Relaxants and Their Antagonists, Mohamed Naguib and Cynthia A. Lien

14. Local Anesthetics, Charles B. Berde and Gary R. Strichartz

15. Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Michael K. Ang-Lee, M.D., Chun-Su Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., and Jonathan Moss, M.D., Ph.D.

16. The Autonomic Nervous System, Jonathan Moss, M.D., Ph.D., and David Glick, M.D.

Physiology and Anesthesia

17. Respiratory Physiology and Respiratory Function During Anesthesia, William C. Wilson and Jonathan L. Benumof

18. Cardiac Physiology, Lena S. Sun

19. Hepatic Physiology, Simon Gelman and Phil Mushlin

20. Renal Physiology, Robert N. Sladen

21. Cerebral Physiology and the Effects of Anesthetics and Techniques, Piyush M. Patel and John C. Drummond

22. Neuromuscular Physiology and Pharmacology, J. Jeevendra Martyn

23. Outcomes and Statistics in Anesthesia, Stanley H. Rosenbaum

Section III: ANESTHESIA MANAGEMENT

Preoperative Preparation

24. Risk of Anesthesia, Lee A. Fleisher

25. Preoperative Evaluation, Michael F. Roizen and Stephen P. Fischer

26. Pulmonary Function Testing, Thomas J. Gal

27. Anesthetic Implications of Concurrent Diseases, Michael F. Roizen and Lee A. Fleisher

28. Patient Positioning, Ronald J. Faust, M.D., Roy F. Cucchiara, M.D., and Perry S. Bechtle, D.O.

29. Malignant Hyperthermia, Gerald A. Gronert, Isaac N. Pessah, Sheila M. Muldoon, and Timothy J. Tautz

Monitoring

30. Fundamental Principles of Monitoring Instrumentation, James F. Szocik, Steven J. Barker, and Kevin K. Tremper

31. Monitoring Depth of Anesthesia, Donald R. Stanski/Steven Shafer

32. Cardiovascular Monitoring, Jonathan B. Mark

33. Transesophageal Echocardiography, Daniel P. Vezina and Michael K. Cahalan

34. Electrocardiography, Daniel M. Thys

35. Implantable Cardiac Pulse Generators: Pacemakers and Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Marc A. Rozner

36. Respiratory Monitoring, Richard E. Moon and Enrico M. Camporesi

37. Renal Function Monitoring, Solomon Aronson

38. Neurologic Monitoring, Michael E. Mahla

39. Neuromuscular Monitoring, Jørgen Viby-Mogensen

40 Temperature Monitoring, Daniel I. Sessler

41. Acid-Base Balance, Clifford S. Deutschman and Patrick Neligan