Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

This book covers recent advances in anesthesia for thoracic surgery, including advances in management of one-lung anesthesia, lung isolation, and lung transplantation. It includes clinical case discussions and tables of 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 sciencePreoperative evaluation of the patientAirway proceduresMediastinal proceduresThe complicating factors of significant co-morbidities and/or advanced ageUncommon and complex thoracic surgical procedures Post-operative careEnd-stage lung diseasePediatric Thoracic Anesthesia“Key Points” summarizing each chapter’s HighlightsClinical case discussion, with the Author’s recommendations, in every clinical chapter