Blank Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Foreword by Dr. Edward Benzel......Page 13
Foreword by Dr. David Brown......Page 15
Preface......Page 17
1 - Preoperative assessment of the adult patient......Page 19
2 - Fluid management......Page 43
3 - Blood conservation......Page 61
4 - Airway management in spine surgery......Page 68
5 - Spine imaging......Page 79
6 - Evoked potential monitoring......Page 107
7 - Pharmacology of adjunct anesthetic drugs......Page 124
8 - Surgical techniques......Page 131
9 - Anesthesia for cervical spine surgery......Page 196
10 - Anesthesia for thoracic spine surgery......Page 206
11 - Lung isolation during thoracic spine surgery......Page 222
12 - Anesthesia for lumbar spine surgery......Page 234
13 - Anesthetic management of spinal cord trauma......Page 246
14 - Anesthesia for patients with spinal cord tumors......Page 265
15 - Complications......Page 275
16 - Postoperative care in the PACU......Page 299
17 - Postoperative care in the neuro-intensive care unit......Page 310
18 - Postoperative acute pain......Page 320
19 - Postoperative chronic pain management......Page 339
20 - Pathophysiology of the pediatric patient......Page 365
21 - Preoperative evaluation of the pediatric patient......Page 376
22 - Fluid management and monitoring of the pediatric patient......Page 390
23 - Surgical techniques in the pediatric patient......Page 406
24 - Spinal surgery for patients with congenital heart disease and other associated conditions......Page 423
25 - Postoperative pain control in pediatric patients......Page 438
Index......Page 455