姚编著的《麻醉学》包括呼吸系统、心血管系统、胃肠道系统、内分泌系统、儿科、疼痛等12个部分共62章，涵盖了麻醉学几乎所有重要领域的手术操作和可能遇到的问题。每一章都以一个病例开始，围绕这个病例提出四大基本问题(疾病的病理生理和鉴别诊断，术前评估与准备，术中管理，术后麻醉管理)，问题后附有完整的解释和参考文献。全书语言规范、简练，既有利于读者快速掌握专业词汇，又有利于医学英语思维的培养。

Contributing Authors

Preface

Acknowledgments

SECTION I

The Respiratory System

CHAPTER 1 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

CHAPTER 2 Bronchoscopy, Mediastinoscopy, and Thoracotomy

 Alessia Pedoto

 Paul M. Heerdt

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

CHAPTER 3 Aspiration Pneumonitis and Acute Respiratory Failure

 Manuel L. Fontes

 Sean Garvin

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

CHAPTER 4 Lung Transplantation

 Nanhi R. Mitter

 Charles W. Hogue, Jr.

 SECTION II

 The Cardiovascular System

CHAPTER 5 Ischemic Heart Disease and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

 Nikolaos Skubas

 Anita L. Cave

 Manuel L. Fontes

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

CHAPTER 6 Valvular Heart Disease

 Natalia S. Ivascu

 Gregg S. Hartman

CHAPTER 7 Pacemakers, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, and

 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices

 Alan Cheng

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

CHAPTER 8 Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

 J. Mauricio Del Rio

 Jeffrey G. Gaca

 Mani A. Daneshmand

 Madhav Swaminathan

CHAPTER 9 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

 Anup Pamnani

 Lori A. Rubin

CHAPTER 10 Hypertension

 Manuel L. Fontes

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

CHAPTER 1 1 Cardiac Tamponade

 Manuel L. Fontes

 Nikolaos Skubas

 James Osorio

CHAPTER 12 Heart Transplantation and Subsequent Noncardiac Surgery

 Jeff T. Granton

 Davy C. H. Cheng

CHAPTER 13 Ischemic Heart Disease and Noncardiac Surgery

 Shamsuddin Akhtar

 Marbelia Gonzalez

 J. Patricio Escandon

 Paul G. Barash

 SECTION III

 The Gastrointestinal System

CHAPTER 1 4 Intestinal Obstruction

 Joseph Tian

CHAPTER 1 5 Liver Transplantation

 Vivek K. Moitra

 SECTION IV

 The Nervous System

CHAPTER 16 Brain Tumor and Craniotomy

 Kane 0. Pryor

 Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr.

CHAPTER 17 Carotid Endarterectomy

 Maria Bustillo

 Cynthia A. Lien

CHAPTER 18 Awake Craniotomy for Mapping and Surgery in the Eloquent Cortex

 Thomas A. Moore II

CHAPTER 19 Head Injury

 Eugene S. Fu

 Jonathan Jagid

 Leo T. Harris III

CHAPTER 20 Cerebral Aneurysm

 Patricia Fogarty Mack

 SECTION V

 The Endocrine System

CHAPTER 21 Thyrotoxicosis

 Dana L. Gurvitch

CHAPTER 22 Pheochromocytoma

 Gregory E. Kerr

CHAPTER 23 Diabetes Mellitus

 Mark E. Nunnally

 Vinod Malhotra

 SECTION VI

 The Genitourinary System

CHAPTER 24 Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

 Jerome F. O'Hara, Jr.

 Mauricio Perilla

 Vinod Malhotra

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

CHAPTER 25 Kidney Transplant

 Panchali Dhar

 Peter Fleishut

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

CHAPTER 26 Robotic-Assisted kaparoscopic Surgery

 Judith Weingram

 SECTION VII

 The Reproductive System

CHAPTER 27 Placenta Previa/Placenta Accreta

 Jill Fong

CHAPTER 28 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

 Sharon Abramovitz

CHAPTER 29 Breech Presentation, Fetal Distress, and Mitral Stenosis

 Jill Fong

CHAPTER 30 Appendectomy for a Pregnant Patient

 Farida Gadalla

 SECTION VIII

 The Hematologic System

CHAPTER 31 Hemophilia and Coagulation Disorders

 Jonathan Left

 Linda Shore-Lesserson

 Robert E. Kelly

CHAPTER 32 Sickle Cell Disease

 Chris R. Edmonds

 Vinod Malhotra

 SECTION IX

 Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat

CHAPTER 33 Airway Trauma

 Richard P. Dutton

 LaRita Yvette Fouche-Weber

CHAPTER 34 Open-Eye Injury

 Theresa T. Kudlak

CHAPTER 35 Laser Treatment for Laryngeal Lesions

 Marcus Gutzler

 SECTION X

 Pediatrics

CHAPTER 36 Tracheoesophageal Fistula

 Jacques H. Scharoun

CHAPTER 37 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

 David Stein

 John J. Savarese

CHAPTER 38 Tetralogy of Fallot

 James A. DiNardo

CHAPTER 39 Transposition of the Great Arteries

 James A. DiNardo

CHAPTER 40 Pyloric Stenosis

 Aarti Sharma

 Vinod MaIhotra

CHAPTER 41 Inflammatory Airway Disease in Childhood:

 Laryngotracheobronchitis

 Miles Dinner

CHAPTER 42 Cleft Palate

 Aarti Sharma

CHAPTER 43 Congenital Heart Disease with a Cervical Mass in Infancy

 Miles Dinner

 Marie A. Sankaran Raval

CHAPTER 44 Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Prematurity

 Isobel Russell

 Rajesh Bhat

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

 SECTION Xl

 PainiManagement and

 Neuraxial Blocks

CHAPTER 45 Brachial Plexus Block

 William Urmey

CHAPTER 46 Nerve Blocks of the Lower Extremity

 Jeffrey Y. F. Ngeow

 David Y. Wang

 Karina Gritsenko

CHAPTER 47 Complex Regional Pain Syndromes

 Sudhir A. Diwan

 Vinod Malhotra

 Neel D. Mehta

CHAPTER 48 Cancer Pain

 Sudhir A. Diwan

 Shakil Ahmed

 Neel D. Mehta

CHAPTER 49 Low Back Pain and Sciatica

 David Y. Wang

 Jeffrey Y. F. Ngeow

CHAPTER 50 Perioperative Pain Management

 Anuj Malhotra

 Vinod Malhotra

 Narinder Rawal

CHAPTER 51 Acupuncture

 Yuan-Chi Lin

 SECTION Xll

 Miscellaneous

CHAPTER 52 Myasthenia Gravis

 Cephas P. Swamidoss

 Cynthia A. Lien

CHAPTER 53 Malignant Hyperthermia

 Henry Rosenberg

 Vinod Malhotra

CHAPTER S4 Postoperative Residual Neuromuscular Weakness and

 Prolonged Apnea

 David Kopman

 Aaron F. Kopman

CHAPTER 55 Burns

 Michael Tieuw

CHAPTER 56 Trauma

 Danielle Lindenmuth

 Jaideep K. Malhotra

 Ralph L. Slepian

CHAPTER 57 Scoliosis

 Kathryn DelPizzo

 Victor M. Zayas

CHAPTER 58 Hypoxia and Equipment Failure

 James B. Eisenkraft

 Andrew B. Leibowitz

CHAPTER 59 Electroconvulsive Therapy

 Patricia Fogarty Mack

CHAPTER 60 Ambulatory Surgery

 Kathryn E. McGoldrick

CHAPTER 61 Magnetic Resonance Imaging

 Jung Hee Hart

CHAPTER 62 Morbid Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

 Jon D. Samuels

 Fun-Sun F. Yao

 Index