Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery Hardcover – July 12, 2011

From the reviews:

“Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery will become the reference textbook of choice for thoracic anesthesia. … This is the most comprehensive text to date on noncardiac thoracic anesthesia. … The information is clearly readable and useful for early learners. … a useful resource and starting point for individuals preparing presentations on topics pertaining to thoracic anesthesia. … this is an excellent textbook, and a copy should find its way into every department of anesthesia, academic or community, involved with thoracic surgery.” (Calvin Thompson, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, Vol. 60, 2013)

“This book sets out to be a comprehensive and up-to-date reference textbook suitable for all grades of practitioners in thoracic anesthesia. … This book is generally excellent with numerous high-quality bronchoscopy images and will become the standard international large reference textbook. … All thoracic surgical centres should have a copy in their libraries. Many senior thoracic anaesthetists and fellows will want to own their own copies.” (J. H. Mackay and S. J. Gray, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 110 (5), 2013)

“Peter Slinger, a renowned expert in thoracic anesthesiology, has brought together more than 60 contributors … to produce this comprehensive text addressing the global practice of anesthesia for thoracic surgery. ... Slinger and colleagues have added significant value ... by including explanations of surgical technique in common, uncommon, and complex pulmonary procedures. ... Chapters on anesthesia for pediatric thoracic surgery, anesthetic management of thoracic trauma, transesophageal echocardiography applications during thoracic surgery ... establish this text as the most current and comprehensive work available. ... The book is ... an invaluable resource ... .” (Joseph P. Mathew, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 307 (4), January, 2012)

“This comprehensive book on all aspects of anesthesia related to noncardiac thoracic surgery covers anatomy and physiology, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, patient considerations and, of course, anesthetic implications of each. … This book’s worthy objectives are met -- fully. … It is also a wonderful reference for seasoned anesthesiologists. … Every single chapter has a clinical case that is interesting and serves as a good review. … this book is excellent. … it represents the field in an outstanding fashion.” (Martin Dauber, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2011)

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 science
Preoperative evaluation of the patient
Airway procedures
Mediastinal procedures
The complicating factors of significant co-morbidities and/or advanced age
Uncommon and complex thoracic surgical procedures
Post-operative care
End-stage lung disease
Pediatric Thoracic Anesthesia
Key Points summarizing each chapters Highlights
Clinical case discussion, with the Authors recommendations, in every clinical chapter