Download or read book Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic Anesthesia written by John A. Youngberg and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the first text to integrate cardiac, thoracic and vascular anesthesia in one accessible resource. This comprehensive text provides a solid foundation of general principles, including preoperative assessment, cost-benefit effectiveness of preoperative workup, cardiac and pulmonary anatomy and physiology, as well as organ system effects of anesthetics. Expert contributors offer a clinical approach to a special section on postoperative considerations and focus on postoperative management. Also features helpful algorithms for decision making.