Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Guide to Perioperative and Critical Care Management

Stay updated with the latest evidence-based practices in cardiac anesthesia with Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative and Critical Care Management, 8th Edition. This comprehensive guide, edited by Dr. Joel A. Kaplan and a team of expert associate editors, provides practical guidance on optimizing perioperative outcomes, avoiding complications, and ensuring maximum patient safety.

Comprehensive Coverage of Cardiac Anesthesia

This authoritative textbook covers the full spectrum of contemporary cardiothoracic anesthesia practice, including:

• Preoperative assessment and management
• Cardiovascular and coronary physiology
• State-of-the-art diagnostic techniques
• Pharmacology and monitoring
• Transesophageal echocardiography and coagulation
• Specific cardiac procedures and extracorporeal circulation
• Postoperative pain treatment and management of complex patients with cardiac disease

Enhanced Critical Care Coverage

Reflecting the increasing role of anesthesiologists in perioperative care, this edition features expanded coverage of critical care topics, including:

• Structural Heart Disease Procedures
• Cardiorespiratory Effects of COVID-19
• Critical Care Ultrasound
• Intensive Unit Management of Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Postoperative Care of the Heart and Lung Transplant Patient

Visual Aids and Online Resources

This edition includes over 900 full-color illustrations, decision trees, charts, and graphs, with more than one-third new, to aid in visual understanding of complex topics. Additionally, access to over 120 videos, including echocardiography clips, is provided to further enhance learning.

Updated Content and Emphasis on Cardiac Devices

This edition provides balanced, dependable, and updated content on all aspects of the anesthetic management of cardiac surgical procedures, as well as cardiology procedures performed in catheterization and electrophysiologic laboratories. It places new emphasis on cardiac devices requiring perioperative care, including cardiac implanted electrical devices and ventricular assist devices.

An eBook version is included with purchase, allowing you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Optimize your perioperative outcomes and ensure maximum patient safety with Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia: Perioperative and Critical Care Management, 8th Edition.