Preface: How to use this book
I. Essential Foundations:
1. Thoracic Radiology
2. Respiratory Physiology
3. Resiratory Pathophysiology
4. Respiratory Effects of General Anesthesia
5. Physiology of One-Lung Ventilation
6. Idiopathic Acute Lung Injury following Thoracic Surgery
II. Essential Technical Aspects
7. Thoracic Positioning & Incisions
8. Bronchoscopic Anatomy
9. echnical Aspects of Lung Isolation
10. Special Airway Devices for Thoracic Anesthesia: CPAP, PEEP, & Airway Exchange Catheters
11. Alternative Ventilatory Techniques
12. Respiratory Therapy Devices
13. Technical Aspects of Pain Control Procedures for Thoracic Surgery
III. Essential Principals of Clinical Management
14. Preoperative Evaluation of the Thoracic Surgical Patient
15. Overview: Surgeon’s Approach to the Patient with Lung Cancer
16. Principals of Anesthetic Management for Pulmonary Resection
17. Management of Common Complications Following Thoracic Surgery
IV. Specific Thoracic Surgical Procedures: Surgical & Anesthetic Management Essentials
18. Flexible Bronchoscopy
19. Mediastinoscopy
20. Anterior Mediastinal Mass
21. Lung-Sparing Pulmonary Resections: Bronchoplastic/Sleeve Resection
22. Pneumonectomy
23. Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
24. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
25. Plueral Space Procedures
26. Rigid Bronchoscopy
27. Laser Surgery of the Airway and Laser Safety
28. Tracheal Stent Placement
29. Anesthesia for Tracheostomy
30. Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction
31. Bronchopleural Fistula
32. Esophagectomy
33. Esophageal Perforation
34. Lung Transplantation
35. Miscellaneous Thoracic Surgical Procedures
36. Anesthesia for Pediatric Thoracic Surgery
V. Essential of Pain Management following Thoracic Surgery
37. Acute Postoperative Pain Control following Thoracic Surgery
38. Chronic Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome
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