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 Du