Quickly expand your knowledge base and master your residency with Faust's Anesthesiology Review, the world's best-selling review book in anesthesiology. Combining comprehensive coverage with an easy-to-use format, this newly updated medical reference book is designed to efficiently equip you with the latest advances, procedures, guidelines, and protocols. It's the perfect resource for certification, recertification, or for use as a refresher on every major aspect of anesthesiology. Take advantage of concise coverage of a broad variety of timely topics in anesthesia.

Preceded by: Anesthesiology review / edited by Ronald J. Faust. 3rd ed. 2002.

Medical gas supply -- Electrical supply -- Microshock hazards -- Operating room fires -- Operating room management -- Vaporizers -- Flowmeters and the physics of gas flow -- Carbon dioxide absorption -- Carbon dioxide retention and capnography -- Tracheal tubes -- Complications of tracheal intubation -- Disconnect monitors -- Closed-circuit anesthesia -- Pulse oximetry -- The pulmonary artery catheter -- The arterial waveform -- Intermittent noninvasive blood pressure monitoring -- Depth of anesthesia -- Monitoring integrity of the neuromuscular junction -- Evoked potential monitoring -- Oxygen transport -- Carbon dioxide transport -- Interpretation of arterial blood gases -- Blood gas temperature correction -- Central regulation of ventilation -- Physiologic effects of hypercarbia and hypocarbia -- Surfactant and lung mechanics in health and disease -- Factors affecting pulmonary compliance and airway resistance -- Pulmonary ventilation and perfusion -- Pulmonary function test interpretation -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and restrictive lung disease -- Measurement and implications of the Q s/ Q t -- Cardiac cycle: Control and synchronicity -- Physiologic determinants of cardiac output -- Myocardial oxygen supply and demand -- Tachyarrhythmias -- Bradyarrhythmias -- Oculocardiac reflex -- The autonomic nervous system -- The sympathetic nervous system: Anatomy and receptor pharmacology -- Factors affecting cerebral blood flow -- Effects of common anesthetic agents on electroencephalograms -- Physiology of neuromuscular transmission -- Renal physiology -- Renal function tests -- Acid-base status -- Electrolyte abnormalities: Potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium -- Hepatic physiology and preoperative evaluation -- Mechanisms of hepatic drug metabolism and excretion -- Anatomy of the larynx -- Coronary circulation and the myocardial conduction system -- Transesophageal echocardiography: Anatomic considerations -- Transesophageal echocardiography: Intraoperative uses -- Cerebral circulation -- Anatomy of the posterior fossa -- Spinal cord anatomy and blood supply -- Brachial plexus anatomy -- Central venous cannulation -- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of anesthesia -- Factors affecting anesthetic gas uptake -- Minimum alveolar concentration -- Effect of intracardiac shunts on inhalation induction -- Inhalation anesthetic agents -- Nitrous oxide -- Cardiovascular effects of the inhalation agents -- Central nervous system effects of the inhalation agents -- Renal Effects of the Inhalation Agents -- Hepatic effects of the inhalation agents -- Effects of pK a, pH, and protein binding. Thiopental -- Propofol -- Etomidate -- Ketamine -- Opioid pharmacology -- Cardiovascular effects of opioids -- Opioid side effects: Muscle rigidity and biliary colic -- Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents -- Nonrelaxant side effects of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents -- Succinylcholine side effects -- Prolongation of succinylcholine effect -- Anticholinesterases and the reversal of neuromuscular blocking agents -- Anticholinesterase and anticholinergic poisoning -- The pharmacology of atropine, scopolamine, and glycopyrrolate -- Benzodiazepines -- Dexmedetomidine -- Inotropes -- Vasopressors -- Sodium nitroprusside -- Nitroglycerin -- ß-adrenergic receptor blocking agents -- Calcium channel blockers -- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibition -- Bronchodilators -- Sodium bicarbonate -- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors -- Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs -- Antiemetic agents -- Diuretics -- Albumin, hetastarch, and pentastarch -- Type, screen, and crossmatch of red blood cells -- Red blood cell and platelet transfusion -- Massive transfusion -- Hemolytic transfusion reactions -- Nonhemolytic transfusion reactions -- Preoperative evaluation of the patient with cardiac disease for noncardiac operations -- Tobacco use in surgical patients -- Obstructive sleep apnea -- Postoperative nausea and vomiting -- Anesthesia for Drug Abusers -- Acute and chronic alcoholism and anesthesia -- Latex allergy -- The evaluation and management of prolonged emergence from anesthesia -- Delirium in the postanesthesia care unit -- Local anesthetic agents: Mechanism of action -- Local anesthetic agents: Pharmacology -- Toxicity of local anesthetic agents -- Preservatives in local anesthetic solutions -- Cocaine pharmacology -- Multimodal analgesia -- Needle blocks of the eye -- Spinal anesthesia -- Epidural anesthesia -- Combined spinal-epidural blockade -- Neuraxial anesthesia and anticoagulation -- Paravertebral nerve blocks -- Upper extremity blocks -- Lower extremity block: Psoas compartment block -- Lower extremity blocks: Femoral, sciatic, popliteal -- Nerve Block at the Ankle -- Cerebral protection -- Increased intracranial pressure -- Functional neurosurgery -- Management of cerebral aneurysms -- Anesthesia for hypophysectomy -- Anesthesia for the sitting position -- Physiology and treatment of venous air embolism -- Perioperative implications of caring for patients with epilepsy -- Carotid endarterectomy -- Management of acute spinal cord injury -- Detection and treatment of perioperative acute coronary syndromes -- Heart failure: Classification, compensation, and treatment -- Management of end-stage heart failure: Heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices -- Coronary artery stents -- Off-pump coronary artery bypass and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass -- Cardiopulmonary bypass -- Evaluation of the coagulation system -- Anticoagulation and reversal for cardiopulmonary bypass -- Aortic stenosis. Mitral regurgitation -- Pacemakers -- Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators -- Intraaortic balloon pump -- Intraoperative wheezing: Etiology and treatment -- Anesthesia for laryngeal operations -- Anesthesia for bronchoscopy -- Double-lumen tracheal tubes -- One-lung ventilation and methods of improving oxygenation -- Bronchopleural fistula -- High-frequency ventilation -- Thermoregulation and perioperative hypothermia -- The anesthesia provider's role in the prevention of surgical site infections -- Anesthesia in the patient with extreme obesity -- Anesthetic considerations for weight loss surgery -- Anesthesia for laparoscopic surgery -- Complications of transurethral resection of the prostate -- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy -- Monitored anesthesia care -- Issues in ambulatory anesthesia -- Anesthesia for patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging studies -- Anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy -- Myasthenia gravis and lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome -- Anesthesia for patients with diabetes mellitus -- Anesthesia for thyroid surgery -- Anesthesia for patients with carcinoid tumors -- Anesthesia for the patient undergoing liver transplantation -- Anesthesia for patients with hepatocellular disease -- Autonomic dysreflexia -- Anesthesia in austere environments -- Maternal physiologic changes in pregnancy -- Fetal monitoring -- Analgesia for labor -- Preterm labor: Tocolytics and anesthetic management -- Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy and related syndromes -- Anesthesia for the patient with preeclampsia -- Anesthesia for cesarean section -- Effects of high maternal oxygen concentrations on the fetus -- Maternal diabetes: Neonatal effects -- Peripartum hemorrhage -- Anesthesia for tubal ligation -- Neonatal cardiovascular physiology -- Differences between the infant and adult airway -- Pediatric breathing circuits -- Fluid management in infants -- Neuromuscular blocking agents in infants -- Regional anesthesia and pain relief in children -- Anesthetic risks associated with prematurity -- Neonatal resuscitation -- Meconium aspiration and meconium aspiration syndrome -- Congenital pediatric airway problems -- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia -- Congenital heart disease: Congestive heart failure -- Other neonatal emergencies: Tracheoesophageal fistula and omphalocele -- Pyloric stenosis -- Croup versus epiglottitis -- Sickle cell anemia: Anesthetic implications -- Anesthetic considerations in the patient with down syndrome -- Pediatric neuromuscular disorders -- Anesthesia for myotonic dystrophy -- Preemptive analgesia and postoperative pain: The transition from an acute to a chronic state. Patient-controlled analgesia -- Neuraxial opioids -- Complex regional pain syndrome -- Postoperative headache -- Treatment of cancer-related pain -- Postherpetic neuralgia -- Epidural steroid injection for low back pain -- Stellate ganglion block -- Lumbar sympathetic blockade -- Celiac plexus block -- Spinal cord stimulation -- Advanced cardiac life support -- Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation -- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy -- Nutrition support in the hospitalized patient -- Perioperative management of blood glucose -- The acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Pulmonary arterial hypertension -- Management of stroke -- Carbon monoxide poisoning -- Acute renal failure -- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis -- Anesthesia for burn-injured patients -- Perioperative corticosteroids -- Medical ethics -- Medicolegal principles: Informed consent -- Medicolegal principles: Medical negligence -- The american society of anesthesiologists closed claims project -- Patient safety and quality improvement -- Management of the difficult airway -- Perioperative pulmonary aspiration -- Eye and dental complications -- Intraoperative patient positioning -- Patient positioning: Common pitfalls, neuropathies, and other problems -- Malignant hyperthermia -- Anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions -- Licensure, credentialing, and privileging -- Board certification and maintenance of certification -- Principles of medical professional liability insurance -- Medicolegal principles: The anesthesia record -- Anesthesia information management systems -- Medical coding and payment systems -- Professional citizenship and medical advocacy -- Chemical dependency in anesthesia personnel.