Anesthesia and the Lung 1992 (Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology (25))

Anesthesia and the Lung 1992 presents recent advances in the diagnosis, pre-, intra-, and postoperative anesthetic management of patients with lung disease, presenting for pulmonary and non-pulmonary surgery. It also deals with ventilation-perfusion issues, the lung as a metabolic organ, the effects of anesthesia on pulmonary mechanics and pulmonary blood flow. In addition, there are chapters that focus on hypoxia; regional differences in the lung; pulmonary surfactant; recent advances in the understanding of pulmonary edema; high altitude disease; anesthesia and the control of breathing; recent development in oximetry; instrumentation designed to measure pulmonary oxygen tension, pO 2 and pCO 2 transcutaneously; differential lung ventilation; reactive airways; septic shock; the adult respiratory distress syndrome and numerous aspects of ventilatory support. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Gravity and the Lung: Lessons from Space....Pages 1-7 Control of the Pulmonary Circulation....Pages 9-18 A Primer on Pulmonary Cell Biology: Lung Cells and their Functions....Pages 19-29 Pulmonary Circulation During Anesthesia....Pages 31-43 Pulmonary Edema Caused by Stress Failure of Capillaries....Pages 45-51 Mechanisms of Lung Injury: An Overview....Pages 53-67 Hemodynamic Determinants of Pulmonary Edema and Pleural Effusions....Pages 69-82 Oxygen Consumption Measurements during Artificial Ventilation....Pages 83-90 The Hypoxic Brain....Pages 91-96 Severe Hypoxia: Insights from Extreme Altitude....Pages 97-100 Respiratory Control Related to Altitude and Anesthesia....Pages 101-115 Lactic Acidosis, Type A....Pages 117-124 Rib Cage Contribution to Ventilation during Anesthesia....Pages 125-133 Oxygen — The Breath Of Life....Pages 135-139 Management of The Patient with Reactive Airway Disease....Pages 141-155 Management of the Difficult Airway Part I: Epidemiology, The Asa Algorithm And Recognition....Pages 157-165 Management of The Difficult Airway Part II: Proper Preparation for the Awake Intubation, Fiberoptic and Retrograde Techniques....Pages 167-178 Management of the Difficult Airway Part III: The Anesthetized Patient whose Trachea is Difficult to Intubate, Transtracheal Jet Ventilation, the Difficult Extubation and Jet Stylets....Pages 179-191 Influence of Anesthetics on Pulmonary Gas Exchange....Pages 193-202 Assessment of Respiratory Mechanics during Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 203-208 Physiologic Effects of Raised Airway Pressure....Pages 209-241 Pulmonary Embolic Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment....Pages 243-251 Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome....Pages 253-267 Hemodynamics and Therapy in Ards....Pages 269-276 Respiratory Mechanics in Ards Patients....Pages 277-296 New Modes of Ventilatory Support....Pages 297-301 Septic Shock....Pages 303-312 To Peep or not to Peep Ards Patients?....Pages 313-317 Monitoring Cardiopulmonary Function with Dual Oximetry....Pages 319-329 Back Matter....Pages 331-332 __Anesthesia and the Lung 1992__ presents recent advances in the diagnosis, pre-, intra-, and postoperative anesthetic management of patients with lung disease, presenting for pulmonary and non-pulmonary surgery. It also deals with ventilation-perfusion issues, the lung as a metabolic organ, the effects of anesthesia on pulmonary mechanics and pulmonary blood flow. In addition, there are chapters that focus on hypoxia; regional differences in the lung; pulmonary surfactant; recent advances in the understanding of pulmonary edema; high altitude disease; anesthesia and the control of breathing; recent development in oximetry; instrumentation designed to measure pulmonary oxygen tension, pO2 and pCO2 transcutaneously; differential lung ventilation; reactive airways; septic shock; the adult respiratory distress syndrome and numerous aspects of ventilatory support.