Description
This groundbreaking book presents a sweeping exploration of how anesthetic knowledge and agents are now used to treat disease, influence physiology, and improve outcomes across nearly every domain of clinical care.
From neurological disorders, such as epilepsy, migraine, ALS, and treatment resistant psychiatric illness to cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, dermatologic, and urologic conditions, this comprehensive text illuminates the rapidly expanding therapeutic applications of anesthetics. Readers will discover evidence-based strategies ranging from regional anesthesia for oncologic modulation to ketamine for suicidal ideation, advanced sedation paradigms in critical illness, and innovative uses of anesthetics in palliative care, artificial hibernation, and nanotherapeutics.
Written by leading experts at the forefront of these emerging practices, Anesthesia Therapeutics serves as a vital resource for anesthesiologists, intensivists, pain specialists, and all clinicians seeking to integrate the latest therapeutic innovations into patient care. This volume not only maps the current landscape but illuminates the future revealing how anesthesiology is transforming from an enabling specialty into a force for direct healing and intervention across medicine.
History of Anesthesia Therapeutics.- New Developments in Anesthetic Mechanism Research.- Neuroscientific Basis of Ketamine and its Role in the Management of Depression.- Scientific Basis of Ketamine in Immunomodulation.- Neuroscientific Basis of Ketamine in Cognitive Function Improvement.- The Evolving Therapeutic Role of Nitrous Oxide.- Anesthetic Nanotherapeutics.- General Anesthesia for the Rapid Detoxication.- Opioid Addiction and Management with Naloxone: Emerging Concepts in Clinical Care.- Coronary Artery Disease: Role of Spinal Cord Stimulator.- Peripheral Vascular Disease: Roles of Spinal cord stimulation, Sympathetic and Epidural Blocks.- Acute Heart Failure: The Emerging Role of a Splanchnic Nerve Block.- Hypovolemic Management with New Multifunctional Volume Expander and Oxygen Therapeutics.- Anesthesia sleep ward for insomnia.- Migraine: Therapeutic Targets and Analgesic Strategies.- The Role of Stellate Ganglion Blocks in the Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome.- Management of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Anesthetic Techniques.- L-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia: Evolving Role for Dexmedetomidine and Ketamine.- Epilepsy: the Role of Midazolam, Propofol, and Pentobarbital for Status Epilepticus Patients.- The Therapeutic Potentials of Dantrolene to treat neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders.- Management of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome with Anesthetic Agents and Techniques.- Management of Hydrophobia in Patients with Rabies with Anesthetic Agents and Techniques.- Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients with Anesthetic Techniques.- Management of Neck and Upper Extremity Pain with Stellate Ganglion Block.- Epidural anesthesia/block for chronic kidney disease and chronic heart failure.- Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome and the Role of Intravesical Anesthetics and Nerve Blocks.- Chronic Prostatitis and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: The Role of Trigger Point Injections and Pudendal Nerve blocks.- The Role of Intravenous Lidocaine in the Treatment of Renal Colic.- Management of Asthmatic Attacks with Anesthetic Agents and Techniques.- Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury: Role of Phrenic Nerve Block.- Clinical Applications of the Antitussive Effects of Anesthetic Agents and Techniques.- Management of COVID19 with Anesthetic agents and technques.- Intractable Chronic Abdominal Pain: The Role of Celiac Plexus Block.- Postoperative Ileus Treated with Thoracic Epidural Analgesia and/or Intravenous Lidocaine.- Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Syndromes: the Role of Hypogastric Plexus Blocks and Ganglion Impar Blocks and Sympathetic Nerve Blocks.- Ketamine and its Enantiomer(s) Therapy and General Anesthetics to Treat Major Depressive Disorder: Clinical Relevance and Underlying Mechanisms.- Anesthetic Influence on Electroconvulsive Therapy.- Esketamine and General Anesthetics for Depression- Clinical Relevance and Underlying Mechanisms.- Antiinflammatory effects of Anesthestic Agents.- Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity and Best Practice in Management.- Organ Preservation with Oxygen Therapeutic Strategies.- The Adjunctive Role of Anesthetic Agents and Techniques in the Management of Psoriasis.- Management of Tetanus with Anesthetic Agents and Anesthetic Techniques.- Treatment of Snake Venom Intoxication with Anesthetic Agents and Techniques.
Henry Liu MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care.
Perelman School of Medicine
The University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Alan Davis Kaye MD, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neurosciences Departments
Interventional Pain Fellowship Director
Former Chancellor and Provost, Chief Academic Officer
Vice Chair of Research
The Louisiana State University School of Medicine,
LSU Health Science Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
