Contributing Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I
The Respiratory System
CHAPTER 1 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 2 Bronchoscopy, Mediastinoscopy, and Thoracotomy
　Alessia Pedoto
　Paul M. Heerdt
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 3 Aspiration Pneumonitis and Acute Respiratory Failure
　Manuel L. Fontes
　Sean Garvin
　Fun-Sun F. Yao Contributing Authors 
Preface 
Acknowledgments 
 SECTION I
 The Respiratory System
CHAPTER 1 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 2 Bronchoscopy, Mediastinoscopy, and Thoracotomy
　Alessia Pedoto
　Paul M. Heerdt
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 3 Aspiration Pneumonitis and Acute Respiratory Failure
　Manuel L. Fontes
　Sean Garvin 
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 4 Lung Transplantation
　Nanhi R. Mitter
　Charles W. Hogue, Jr.
　SECTION II
　The Cardiovascular System
CHAPTER 5 Ischemic Heart Disease and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
　Nikolaos Skubas
　Anita L. Cave
　Manuel L. Fontes
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 6 Valvular Heart Disease
　Natalia S. Ivascu
　Gregg S. Hartman
CHAPTER 7 Pacemakers, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, and
　Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices
　Alan Cheng
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 8 Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
　J. Mauricio Del Rio
　Jeffrey G. Gaca
　Mani A. Daneshmand
　Madhav Swaminathan
CHAPTER 9 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
　Anup Pamnani
　Lori A. Rubin
CHAPTER 10 Hypertension
　Manuel L. Fontes
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 1 1 Cardiac Tamponade
　Manuel L. Fontes
　Nikolaos Skubas
　James Osorio
CHAPTER 12 Heart Transplantation and Subsequent Noncardiac Surgery
　Jeff T. Granton
　Davy C. H. Cheng
CHAPTER 13 Ischemic Heart Disease and Noncardiac Surgery
　Shamsuddin Akhtar
　Marbelia Gonzalez
　J. Patricio Escandon
　Paul G. Barash
　SECTION III
　The Gastrointestinal System
CHAPTER 1 4 Intestinal Obstruction
　Joseph Tian
CHAPTER 1 5 Liver Transplantation
　Vivek K. Moitra
　SECTION IV
　The Nervous System
CHAPTER 16 Brain Tumor and Craniotomy
　Kane 0. Pryor
　Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr.
CHAPTER 17 Carotid Endarterectomy
　Maria Bustillo
　Cynthia A. Lien
CHAPTER 18 Awake Craniotomy for Mapping and Surgery in the Eloquent Cortex
　Thomas A. Moore II
CHAPTER 19 Head Injury
　Eugene S. Fu
　Jonathan Jagid
　Leo T. Harris III
CHAPTER 20 Cerebral Aneurysm
　Patricia Fogarty Mack
　SECTION V
　The Endocrine System
CHAPTER 21 Thyrotoxicosis
　Dana L. Gurvitch
CHAPTER 22 Pheochromocytoma
　Gregory E. Kerr
CHAPTER 23 Diabetes Mellitus
　Mark E. Nunnally
　Vinod Malhotra
　SECTION VI
　The Genitourinary System
CHAPTER 24 Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
　Jerome F. O'Hara, Jr.
　Mauricio Perilla
　Vinod Malhotra
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 25 Kidney Transplant
　Panchali Dhar
　Peter Fleishut
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
CHAPTER 26 Robotic-Assisted kaparoscopic Surgery
　Judith Weingram
　SECTION VII
　The Reproductive System
CHAPTER 27 Placenta Previa/Placenta Accreta
　Jill Fong
CHAPTER 28 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
　Sharon Abramovitz
CHAPTER 29 Breech Presentation, Fetal Distress, and Mitral Stenosis
　Jill Fong
CHAPTER 30 Appendectomy for a Pregnant Patient
　Farida Gadalla
　SECTION VIII
　The Hematologic System
CHAPTER 31 Hemophilia and Coagulation Disorders
　Jonathan Left
　Linda Shore-Lesserson
　Robert E. Kelly
CHAPTER 32 Sickle Cell Disease
　Chris R. Edmonds
　Vinod Malhotra
　SECTION IX
　Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
CHAPTER 33 Airway Trauma
　Richard P. Dutton
　LaRita Yvette Fouche-Weber
CHAPTER 34 Open-Eye Injury
　Theresa T. Kudlak
CHAPTER 35 Laser Treatment for Laryngeal Lesions
　Marcus Gutzler
　SECTION X
　Pediatrics
CHAPTER 36 Tracheoesophageal Fistula
　Jacques H. Scharoun
CHAPTER 37 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
　David Stein
　John J. Savarese
CHAPTER 38 Tetralogy of Fallot
　James A. DiNardo
CHAPTER 39 Transposition of the Great Arteries
　James A. DiNardo
CHAPTER 40 Pyloric Stenosis
　Aarti Sharma
　Vinod MaIhotra
CHAPTER 41 Inflammatory Airway Disease in Childhood:
　Laryngotracheobronchitis
　Miles Dinner
CHAPTER 42 Cleft Palate
　Aarti Sharma
CHAPTER 43 Congenital Heart Disease with a Cervical Mass in Infancy
　Miles Dinner
　Marie A. Sankaran Raval
CHAPTER 44 Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Prematurity
　Isobel Russell
　Rajesh Bhat
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
　SECTION Xl
　PainiManagement and
　Neuraxial Blocks
CHAPTER 45 Brachial Plexus Block
　William Urmey
CHAPTER 46 Nerve Blocks of the Lower Extremity
　Jeffrey Y. F. Ngeow
　David Y. Wang
　Karina Gritsenko
CHAPTER 47 Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
　Sudhir A. Diwan
　Vinod Malhotra
　Neel D. Mehta
CHAPTER 48 Cancer Pain
　Sudhir A. Diwan
　Shakil Ahmed
　Neel D. Mehta
CHAPTER 49 Low Back Pain and Sciatica
　David Y. Wang
　Jeffrey Y. F. Ngeow
CHAPTER 50 Perioperative Pain Management
　Anuj Malhotra
　Vinod Malhotra
　Narinder Rawal
CHAPTER 51 Acupuncture
　Yuan-Chi Lin
　SECTION Xll
　Miscellaneous
CHAPTER 52 Myasthenia Gravis
　Cephas P. Swamidoss
　Cynthia A. Lien
CHAPTER 53 Malignant Hyperthermia
　Henry Rosenberg
　Vinod Malhotra
CHAPTER S4 Postoperative Residual Neuromuscular Weakness and
　Prolonged Apnea
　David Kopman
　Aaron F. Kopman
CHAPTER 55 Burns
　Michael Tieuw
CHAPTER 56 Trauma
　Danielle Lindenmuth
　Jaideep K. Malhotra
　Ralph L. Slepian
CHAPTER 57 Scoliosis
　Kathryn DelPizzo
　Victor M. Zayas
CHAPTER 58 Hypoxia and Equipment Failure
　James B. Eisenkraft
　Andrew B. Leibowitz
CHAPTER 59 Electroconvulsive Therapy
　Patricia Fogarty Mack
CHAPTER 60 Ambulatory Surgery
　Kathryn E. McGoldrick
CHAPTER 61 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
　Jung Hee Hart
CHAPTER 62 Morbid Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
　Jon D. Samuels
　Fun-Sun F. Yao
　Index