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Miller's Anesthesia, Ronald D. Miller, MD, Lars I. Eriksson, Lee A. Fleisher, MD, Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, MD and William L. Young

Miller's Anesthesia, 7th Edition: Expert Consult Premium Edition – Enhanced Online Features and Print
By Ronald D. Miller, MD, Lars I. Eriksson, Lee A. Fleisher, MD, Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, MD and William L. Young

KEY FEATURES

Covers the full scope of contemporary anesthesia practice in just two volumes.
Offers step-by-step instructions for patient management and an in-depth analysis of ancillary responsibilities and problems.
Incorporates ‘Key Points’ boxes in every chapter that highlight important concepts.

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, Steven L. Shafer, and 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, Chun-Su Yuan, and Jonathan Moss

16. The Autonomic Nervous System
Jonathan Moss and David Glick

Physiology and Anesthesia

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

18. Cardiac Physiology
Lena S. Sun and Joanna Schwarzenberger

19. Hepatic Physiology
Simon Gelman and Phil Mushlin

20. Renal Physiology
Robert N. Sladen

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

22. Neuromuscular Physiology and Pharmacology
J. Jeevendra Martyn

23. Statistical Methods 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, Roy F. Cucchiara, and Perry S. Bechtle

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. Measuring Depth of Anesthesia
Donald R. Stanski and Steven Shafer

32. Cardiovascular Monitoring
Jonathan B. Mark

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

34. Electrocardiography
Daniel M. Thys

35. New 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, Susan Black, and Roy F. Cucchiara

39. Neuromuscular Monitoring
Jørgen Viby-Mogensen

40. Temperature Monitoring
Daniel I. Sessler

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

Anesthesia Techniques

42. Airway Management
Thomas J. Gal

43. Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia
David L. Brown

44. Nerve Blocks
Denise J. Wedel and Terese T. Horlocker

45. Regional Anesthesia in Children
Bernard J. Dalens

Perioperative Fluid Therapy 46. Intravascular Fluid and Electrolyte Physiology
Alan D. Kaye and Ian J. Kucera

47. Transfusion Therapy
Ronald D. Miller

48. Autologous Transfusion
Terri Monk and Tim Goodnough

Section IV. SUBSPECIALTY MANAGEMENT

49. Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
William C. Wilson and Jonathan L. Benumof

50. Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery
Daniel Nyhan and Roger A. Johns

51. Anesthesia for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
William J. Greeley

52. Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery
Edward J. Norris

53. Neurosurgical Anesthesia
John C. Drummond and Piyush M. Patel

54. Anesthesia and the Renal and Genitourinary Systems
Vinod Malhotra, Vijayendra Sudheendra, and Sudhir Diwan

55. Anesthesia and the Hepatobiliary System
Christopher J. O'Connor, David M. Rothenberg, and Kenneth J. Tuman

56. Organ Transplantation
Claus Niemann and James Baker

57. Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Surgery
Jean L. Joris

58. Anesthesia for Obstetrics
David Birnbach

59. Resuscitation of the Newborn
George A. Gregory

60. Pediatric Anesthesia
Charles J. Coté

61. Anesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery
Nigel E. Sharrock, James D. Beckman, Eileen Connolly Inda, and John Savarese

62. Anesthesia for the Elderly
Frederick Sieber and Ronald Pauldine

63. Anesthesia for Trauma
Richard P. Dutton and Maureen McCunn

64. Civil, Chemical, and Biologic Warfare, with Emphasis on the Role of the Anesthesiologist
David J. Baker

65. Anesthesia and Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery
John V. Donlon, Jr. and Marc Feldman

66. Anesthesia for Robotic Surgery
Ervant V. Nishanian and Berend Mets

67. Anesthesia for Laser Surgery
Ira J. Rampil

68. Outpatient Anesthesia
Paul F. White and Alejandro Recart

69. Anesthesia at Remote Locations
Paul E. Stensrud

70. Clinical Care at Altered Environmental Pressure
Richard E. Moon and Enrico M. Camporesi

71. The Postanesthesia Care Unit
Thomas W. Feeley and Alex Macario

72. Acute Postoperative Pain
Christopher L. Wu

73. Chronic Pain
John Rowlingson

Section V. CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

74. Overview of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Linda Liu and Michael Gropper

75. Respiratory Care
Mark T. Grabovac, Kevin K. Kim, Thomas E. Quinn, Raymond Hernandez, and Brian M. Daniel

76. Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care
W. Daniel Kovarik

77. Nutritional Aspects
John L. Stene

78. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Basic and Advanced Cardiac Support
Brian P. McGlinch and Roger D. White

79. Brain Death
Kenjiro Mori, Koh Shingu, and Shinichi Nakao

Section VI. ANCILLARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROBLEMS

80. Finding Professional Information on the Internet
Ira J. Rampil

81. Quality Improvement
Peter J. Provonost and Sean Berenholtz

82. Postoperative Visual Loss
Steven Roth

83. Human Performance and Patient Safety
Marcus Rall and David M. Gaba

84. Patient Simulator
Marcus Rall and David M. Gaba

85. Teaching Anesthesia
Alan Jay Schwartz

86. Operating Room Management
James Kindscher

87. Electrical Safety in the Operating Room
Lawrence Litt

88. Environmental Safety Including Chemical Dependency
William P. Arnold, III and Dorre Nicholau

89. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Anesthesia Care
David B. Waisel and Robert D. Truog

Système Internationale
Contents and authorship are tentative, and subject to change on publication.