New Anesthetic Agents, Devices and Monitoring Techniques : Annual Utah Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology 1983

Front Matter....Pages i-ix Current Concepts in Cerebral Resuscitation/Protection....Pages 1-9 Management of Electrolyte Abnormalities....Pages 10-18 Anesthetic Management of the High Risk Pregnant Patient: Preeclampsia and Diabetes....Pages 19-44 Anesthesia for Cerebral Vascular Surgery....Pages 45-47 Management of Anesthesia in the Presence of Liver Disease....Pages 48-54 Special Techniques in Neuroanesthesia....Pages 55-59 Changing Concepts in Preanesthetic Medication....Pages 60-66 Calcium Channel Blockers and Anesthesia....Pages 67-76 Comparisons between Beta Blockers and Calcium Entry Blockers....Pages 77-82 Aspiration in Obstetrics: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment....Pages 83-91 New Developments in Vasodilator Therapy....Pages 92-97 Electrostimulation as an Adjunct to Anesthesia....Pages 98-101 New Muscle Relaxants....Pages 102-111 New Intravenous Anesthetic Drugs: Etomidate and Midazolam....Pages 112-119 The New Opioids....Pages 120-126 Comparative Pharmacology of Volatile Anesthetics....Pages 127-133 Prevention and Treatment of Intraoperative Myocardial Ischemia....Pages 134-141 Toxicity of Local Anesthetics in the Adult, Fetus and Newborn....Pages 142-146 Anesthesia for Cesarean Section: Regional and General....Pages 147-160 New Aspects of Nondepolarizing Relaxant Reversal....Pages 161-163 Buying a Monitor....Pages 164-174 When are Pulmonary Artery Catheters Indicated in Noncardiac Surgery?....Pages 175-178 Monitoring the EEG in the Operating Room....Pages 179-187 Biochemical and Biophysical Monitoring of the Fetus....Pages 188-192 Are Inhalation Anesthetics Better than Injectable Anesthetics for Coronary Artery Surgery?....Pages 193-195 Continuous Infusion of Intravenous Anesthetics: Automated IV Anesthesia, a Rational Method of Drug Administration....Pages 196-204