Kaplan: Essentials of Cardiac Anesthesia

Essentials of Cardiac Anesthesia has been written to further improve the anesthetic management of the patient with cardiac disease undergoing cardiac or noncardiac surgery. Essentials incorporates much of the clinically relevant material from the standard reference textbook in the field, Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia, 5th edition, published in 2006. It is intended primarily for the use of residents, clinical fellows, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and attending anesthesiologists participating in cardiac anesthesia on a limited basis, versus the larger text that is designed for the practitioner, teacher, and researcher in cardiac anesthesia.
The chapters have been written by the acknowledged experts in each specific area, and the material has been coordinated to maximize its clinical value. Recent information has been integrated from the fields of anesthesiology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, critical care medicine, and clinical pharmacology to present a complete clinical picture. This “essential” information will enable the clinician to understand the basic principles of each subject and facilitate their application in practice. Because of the large volume of material presented, several teaching aids have been included with the essentials to help highlight the most important clinical information. Teaching boxes have been used, which include many of the “take home messages.” In addition, the summary at the end of each chapter highlights the key points in the chapter. Finally, the reference list for each chapter has been limited to a small number of key articles where more in-depth information can be obtained. A more complete list of references for each chapter can be obtained from the larger textbook, Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia, along with the basic experimental data and translational medicine underlying the clinical approaches covered in this essentials text.
Essentials of Cardiac Anesthesia is organized into six sections:

• Section I, Preoperative Evaluation, including diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions in the catheterization laboratory;
• Section II, Cardiovascular Physiology, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology, including the latest material on new cardiovascular drugs;
• Section III, Monitoring, with an emphasis on 2D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE);
• Section IV, Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgical Procedures, which covers the care of most cardiac surgical patients;
• Section V, Extracorporeal Circulation, with an emphasis on organ protection; and
• Section VI, Postoperative Care and Pain Management in the cardiac patient.

Essentials of Cardiac Anesthesia should also further the care of the large number of cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Much of the information learned in the cardiac surgical patient is applicable to similar patients undergoing major or even minor noncardiac surgical procedures. Some of the same monitoring and anesthetic techniques can be used in other high-risk surgical procedures. New modalities that start in cardiac surgery, such as TEE, will eventually have wider application during noncardiac surgery. Therefore, the authors believe that the Essentials should be read and used by all practitioners of perioperative care.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (August 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416037861
• ISBN-13: 978-1416037866
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches 

List Price: $69.95

Tags: Surgical Anesthesia