Ideal for clinicians at all levels of experience—from the resident to the subspecialist—Cohen’s Comprehensive Thoracic Anesthesia compiles the many recent advances in thoracic anesthesiology into one convenient, easy-to-use reference. Concise, clinically focused chapters written by international authorities in the field cover all facets of anesthesia practice for thoracic procedures, logically organized by preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative considerations.

Section I: Preoperative Assessment   1. The Development of Thoracic Anesthesia and Surgery 2. Anatomic Correlates of Physiologic Function 3. Radiology of the Thorax 4. Intra-Thoracic Tumors: Current Status and Classification 5. Pulmonary Pathophysiology and Lung Mechanics in Anesthesiology 6. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE LATERAL POSITION AND ONE-LUNG VENTILATION 7. Modulating the Pulmonary Circulation: Nitric Oxide and Beyond

Section II: Preoperative Preparation

8. Preoperative Evaluation - Assessment of Preoperative Risk 9. Prerehabilitation for Thoracic Surgery

Section III: Intraoperative

10. Positioning in Thoracic Surgery 11. Monitoring of Oxygenation and Ventilation 12. Hemodynamic Monitoring in Thoracic Surgical Patients 13. Flexible and Rigid Bronchoscopy in Thoracic Anesthesia 14. High Frequency Ventilation: Applications in Thoracic Anesthesia

Section IV: Intraoperative Management

15. Anesthesia, Mechanical Ventilation and Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction 16. Separation of the Lung: Double-Lumen Endotracheal Tubes and Endobronchial Blockers 17. Lung Isolation in Patients with a Difficult Airway in Thoracic Anesthesia 18. The Pathophysiology of Perioperative Lung Injury 19. Intraoperative lung injury during One-Lung Ventilation: causes and prevention 20. Management of One Lung Ventilation: Protective Lung Ventilation 21. Fluid Management During Lung Resection 22. Perioperative Arrhythmias During Thoracic Surgery 23. Anesthesia for Pediatric Thoracic Surgery

Section V: Post Operative Management

24. Postoperative Pain Management of Acute Pain 25. Post-Thoracotomy Chronic Pain 26. Postoperative Care of the Thoracic Patient 27. Postthoracotomy Complications 28. Extracorporeal Ventilatory Therapies

Section VI: Specific Anesthetic Considerations

29. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery 30. The Patient With Cardiovascular Disease for Lung Resection Surgery 31. Video Assisted Thoracoscopy: Multiportal, Uniportal 32. Endoscopic Treatment of COPD 33. Thoracic Trauma 34. Mediastinal Mass and SVC Syndrome 35. Mediastinoscopy 36. Lung Resection and Pulmonary Hypertension 37. Tubeless Thoracic Procedures 38. Thoracic Anesthesia for the Geriatric Patient 39. Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Resection 40. Wedge Resection, Lobectomy, Pneumonectomy 41. Repair of Pectus Excavatum 42. Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction 43. Lung Transplantation 44. Esophageal Procedures 45. Airway Fistulas in Adults 46. Thoracic Approach to Spine Procedures 47. Myasthenia Gravis and Thymectomy 48. Hemoptysis, Empyema 49. Thoracic Anesthesia in the Morbidly Obese Patient: Obstructive Sleep Apnea 50. Cystic Fibrosis 51. Tracheal Stents 52. Robotic Thoracic Surgery 53. Enhanced Recovery After Thoracic Surgery 54. Ultrasound of the Lung: Clinical Applications 55. Transesophageal Echocardiography in Noncardiac Thoracic Surgery

"This book gets exceptionally high marks due to its outstanding writing style by true experts in the field, its superb editing that avoids overlap, and comprehensive and clear figures and tables. It is a book that will be used by trainees as well as by those experienced in the field. The book is an interesting read to supplement an individual's knowledge as well as a strong reference book for investigating new concepts. The book clearly exceeds expectations."

©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Robert R. Gaiser, MD (Yale School of Medicine)

Doody's Score: 4 Stars!

 Winner of the BMA Medical Book Awards Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Emergency Medicine Category

“Excellent international and comprehensive work of value to all from medical student to experienced thoracic anaesthetist.”

"Edmund Cohen, M.D., F.A.S.A., longtime professor of anesthesiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York), has made a monumental contribution to the field of thoracic anesthesiology with the publication of the new textbook Cohen’s Comprehensive Thoracic Anesthesia...This book lives up to its claim of being comprehensive and detailing the highest standards of thoracic anesthesia care as they exist in 2022. This is indeed a book that no academic center should be without and that everyone who administers thoracic anesthesia may wish to add to their personal libraries." -Anesthesiology, June 2022

"Edmond Cohen is regarded by many as one of the fathers of modern thoracic anaesthesia and is known globally for his education, research, and innovation within the specialty; he is therefore well positioned to compile and edit this comprehensive text." -British Journal of Anaesthesia, April 2022

"I highly recommend reading this book both for a quick and pleasant consultation by an expert anesthesiologist and for an in depth study for those who are attracted by this complex specialty." -Flaminio Sessa, MD, European Journal of Anaesthesiology, June 2022