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