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Nurse anesthesia : a history of challenge -- Nurse anesthesia specialty practice and education in the United States -- Legal concepts in nurse anesthesia practice -- Nurse anesthesia research : science of an orderly, purposeful, and systematic nature -- General principles, pharmacodynamics, and drug receptor concepts -- Pharmacokinetics -- Pharmacokinetics of inhalation anesthetics -- Inhalation anesthetics -- Intravenous induction agents -- Local anesthetics -- Opioid agonists and antagonists -- Neuromuscular blocking agents, reversal agents, and their monitoring -- Autonomic and cardiac pharmacology -- Chemistry and physics of anesthesia -- -Anesthesia equipment -- Clinical monitoring I : cardiovascular system -- Clinical monitoring II : respiratory and metabolic systems -- CLinical monitoring III : neurologic system -- Preoperative evaluation and preparation of the patient -- Fluids, electrolytes, and blood component therapy -- Positioning for anesthesia and surgery -- Airway management -- Cardiovascular anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and anesthesia management -- Anesthesia for cardiac surgery -- Anesthesia for vascular surgery -- Respiratory anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and anesthetic management -- Anesthesia for thoracic surgery -- Neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuroanesthesia -- Renal anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and anesthesia management -- Hepatobillary and gastrointestinal disturbance and anesthesia -- Anesthesia for laparoscopic surgery -- Musculoskeletal system anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and anesthesia management -- The endocrine system and anesthesia -- Hematology and anesthesia -- Thermal injury and anesthesia -- Trauma anesthesia -- Outpatient anesthesia -- Anesthesia for ear, nose, throat, and macillofacial surgery -- Anesthesia for ophthalmic procedures -- Anesthesia for orthopedics and podiatry -- The immune system and anesthesia -- Anesthesia and laser surgery -- Obesity and anesthesia practice -- Regional anesthesia : spinal and epidural anesthesia -- Regional anesthesia : upper nad lower extremity blocks -- Obstetric anesthesia -- Neonatal anesthesia -- Pediatric anesthesia -- Geriatrics and anesthesia practice -- Postanesthesia recovery -- Pain management -- Anesthesia for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures -- Anesthesia complications.