Vascular Anesthesia Procedures

Abstract

This book reviews the practice of vascular anesthesia, which is now increasingly recognized as a subspecialty of anesthesia, and looks at developments and latest evidence in neuraxial, regional, and general anesthesia techniques. It explores essential topics on vascular anatomy, common vascular procedures, and anesthetic techniques in general and regional anesthesia. It also includes subjects relating to complications, perioperative patient monitoring, and post-operative management. The book begins with an analysis of the basic vascular anatomy and physiology, which covers the three components of the vascular system where oxygen, nutrients, and metabolites exchange: artery, vein, and capillaries. It ends with the anesthetic approach on patients that are presented for vascular surgery and considered to be a very sick, comorbid population with higher ASA classification.