Anesthesiology: A Problem-Based Learning Approach

Tracey Straker, MD MS MPH FASA Professor AnesthesiologyDirector General AnesthesiaDirector of Advanced Airway Fellowship and RotationDepartment of AnesthesiologyMontefiore Medical CenterThe University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, New YorkShobana Rajan, MDAssistant Professor and Staff Anesthesiologist,General AnesthesiologyAssociate Program Director, Neuroanesthesia FellowshipAssistant Director, PACUCleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

• Preface List of Contributors AirwayChapter 01: Management of the difficult airway in the MRI suiteChapter 02: Hip Dislocation in a Patient with SclerodermaCardiac for the GeneralistChapter 03: Atrial FibrillationChapter 04: The LVAD Patient Presenting for Non-Cardiac SurgeryChapter 05: Preoperative Chest Pain in a Patient with Colon ObstructionChapter 06: Perioperative anesthetic management of anterior mediastinal massChapter 07: Gastric Ulcer Bleed - H/o Coronary artery disease, Hypertension, HyperlipidemiaChapter 8: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) with Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation VascularChapter 9: Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm- Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm RevisitedChapter 10: LOWER EXTREMITY CLAUDICATIONChapter 11: TEVAR - Thoracic Endovascular Surgery - Cerebral Spinal Fluid drainage catheters AbdominalChapter 12: Active Pheochromacytoma GIChapter 13: Pulmonary Co-morbidities in ERCP Procedure and Ambulatory AnesthesiaPlasticsChapter 14: Anesthesia for Mastectomy with Autologous Flap OrthopedicsChapter 15: Anesthetic management for patients with severe cervical myelopathyChapter 16: A Patient with morbid obesity and OSA coming for shoulder arthroscopy GenitourinaryChapter 17: Robotic ProstatectomyChapter 18: End stage renal disease- Patient for kidney transplant Blood ProductsChapter 19: Massive TransfusionChapter 20: Update on blood management in Liver transplantChapter 21: Acute Intraoperative Blood Loss in a Jehovah's Witness-Medical, Ethical and Legal Issues AllergyChapter 22: Anaphylaxis in the OR - Causes, Recognition and Treatment TransplantChapter 23: Anesthetic considerations in a Liver transplant recipient presenting for non-transplant surgeryChapter 24: Patient with Liver Failure for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosysytemic Shunt PACUChapter 25: Waking Up My Outpatient, Who Looks to Now Be Seizing. What to do next in PACU?Chapter 26: Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Peri-Anesthetic Concerns and ManagementChapter 27: Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Coming For a Total Knee Replacement ObstetricsChapter 28: Anesthesia in a Pregnant Patient coming for urgent non-obstetric surgeryChapter 29: Preeclampsia Problem Based Learning DiscussionChapter 30: Pregnancy Management in a Parturient with Tetralogy of Fallot RenalChapter 31: Intraoperative Hyperkalemia EndocrineChapter 32: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) ManagementChapter 33: Myasthenia gravis patient coming for ureteroscopyChapter 34: Patient with a Large Goiter for Thyroid Surgery HematologyChapter 35: Sickle Cell Disease and CholecystectomyChapter 36: Anesthesia in a patient on anticoagulant - dabigatran coming for emergency surgery ENTChapter 37: Tracheal StenosisChapter 38: MethemoglobinemiaChapter 39: Anesthesia for Functional Endoscopic Sinus SurgeryChapter 40: Anesthetic management of a patient with Multiple Laryngeal PapillomatosisChapter 41: Anesthetic management of the patient with retropharyngeal abscess with emphasis on the perioperative and airway management AmbulatoryChapter 42: Anesthesia for Carpal Tunnel Surgery Bariatric anesthesiaChapter 43: Peri-operative Care of the Bariatric Surgery Patient MiscellaneousChapter 44: Anesthetic considerations in patients with automatic implantable cardio defibrillator presenting for non-cardiac surgery.Chapter 45: Anesthetic Considerations in Autonomic HypereflexiaChapter 46: NPO GuidelinesChapter 47: Severe COPD patient coming for retinal detachment surgery Practice Management IssuesChapter 48: Utilization of Practice Improvement Methodologies to Enhance the OR efficiencyChapter 49: Operating Room FireChapter 50: Intraoperative AwarenessChapter 51: Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD) Index