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Gain a thorough understanding of nursing anesthesia with the most comprehensive text on the market. Written by leading expert, John Nagelhout, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, and new contributing author Sass Elisha, EdD, CRNA, Nurse Anesthesia, 6th Edition features both scientific principles and evidence-based material. Inside you’ll find a solid introduction to the history, education, and legal issues of nurse anesthetist, its scientific foundations, equipment and monitoring, and preoperative evaluation and preparation of the patient. This new edition includes chapters on patient centered care and cultural competence, additional drugs of interest, blood and blood component therapy, anesthesia management for patients with cardiac devices, anesthesia for robotic surgery, anesthesia for transplant surgery and organ procurement, and physiology and management of acute and chronic pain. Not only a key reference for practicing nurse anesthetists, this bestseller prepares you for certification and today's clinical anesthesia practice.

• New coverage
includes the latest specifics of pharmacokinetics, drug delivery systems, opiate antagonists, and key induction drugs.
• Updated information on patient safety, monitoring, and pharmacology.
• Unique!Expert CRNA authors provide the current clinical information that you will use in daily practice.
• Over tables and boxes highlight the most essential information in a quick, easy-to-reference format.
• Easy-to-use organization covers basic principles first, and builds on those with individual chapters for each surgical specialty.
• Updated TJC standards for monitoring and administering moderate sedation/analgesia.

Unit I: Professional Issues
1. Nurse Anesthesia: A History of Challenge
2. Nurse Anesthesia Specialty Practice and Education in the United States
3. Patient Centered Care, Cultural Competence and Nurse Anesthesia Practice

Unit II: Scientific Foundations
4. Nurse Anesthesia Research: Empowering Decision Making Through Evidence Based Practice
5. General Principles, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Receptor Concepts
6. Pharmacokinetics
7. Pharmacokinetics of Inhalation Anesthetics
8. Inhalation Anesthetics
9. Intravenous Induction Agents
Local Anesthetics
Opioid Agonists and Antagonists
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Reversal Agents, and Their Monitoring
Autonomic and Cardiac Pharmacology
Additional Drugs of Interest
Chemistry and Physics of Anesthesia

Unit III: Technology Related to Anesthesia Practice
Anesthesia Equipment
Clinical Monitoring I: Cardiovascular System
Clinical Monitoring II: Respiratory and Metabolic Systems
Clinical Monitoring III: Neurologic System

Unit IV: Preoperative Preparation
Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation of the Patient

Unit V: Intraoperative Management
Fluids, Electrolytes, and Goal-Directed Therapy
Blood and Blood Component Therapy
Positioning for Anesthesia and Surgery
Airway Management
Cardiovascular Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management
Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery
Anesthesia Management for Patients with Cardiac Devices
Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery
Respiratory Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management
Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neuroanesthesia
Renal Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management
Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Disturbances and Anesthesia
Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Surgery
Anesthesia for Robotic Surgery
Musculoskeletal System Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Anesthesia Management
The Endocrine System and Anesthesia
Hematology and Anesthesia
Thermal Injury and Anesthesia
Trauma Anesthesia
Anesthesia for Transplant Surgery and Organ Procurement
Outpatient Anesthesia
Anesthesia for Ear, Nose, Throat, and Maxillofacial Surgery
Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Procedures
Anesthesia for Orthopedics and Podiatry
The Immune System and Anesthesia
Anesthesia and Laser Surgery
Obesity and Anesthesia Practice
Regional Anesthesia: Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia
Regional Anesthesia: Upper and Lower Extremity Blocks
Obstetric Anesthesia
Neonatal Anesthesia
Pediatric Anesthesia
Geriatrics and Anesthesia Practice
Postanesthesia Recovery
Acute Pain: Physiology and Management
Chronic Pain: Physiology and Management
Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
Anesthesia Complications

John Nagelhout

Sass Elisha