Rotation-Specific Reading Lists
Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery - (Four Weeks)
Mandatory reading (both textbooks complement each other)
Barash 9th edition, Chapter 40 – Anesthesia for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (p.1083 – 1109)
Miller 10th edition, Chapter 52 – Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery (p.1696 – 1737)
OR
Miller 9th edition, Chapter 56 – Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery (p.1825 – 1866)
Recommended articles – Suggested reading schedule:
Week 1
Mahlmann A, Weiss N. Anesthesia management during aortic surgery: Preoperative patient assessment. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Sep;30(3):249-55. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2016.07.004. Epub 2016 Aug 6. PMID: 27650337.
wk 1a Anesthesia management during aortic surgery_ Preoperative patient assessment
Zammert M, Gelman S. The pathophysiology of aortic cross-clamping. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Sep;30(3):257-69. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2016.07.006. Epub 2016 Aug 1. PMID: 27650338.
wk 1b The pathophysiology of aortic cross-clamping
Kawabori M, Kaneko T. Acute aortic syndrome: A systems approach to a time-critical disease. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Sep;30(3):271-81. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2016.07.001. Epub 2016 Jul 27. PMID: 27650339.
wk 1c Acute aortic syndrome_ A systems approach to a time-critical disease
Week 2
Lindsay H, Srinivas C, Djaiani G. Neuroprotection during aortic surgery. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Sep;30(3):283-303. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2016.05.002. Epub 2016 May 14. PMID: 27650340.
wk 2a Neuroprotection during aortic surgery
Armstrong RA, Squire YG, Rogers CA, Hinchliffe RJ, Mouton R. Type of Anesthesia for Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Feb;33(2):462-471. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.09.018. Epub 2018 Sep 15. PMID: 30342821.
wk 2b Type of anesthesia for EVAR-Armstrong-2019
Week 3
Duceppe E, Parlow J, MacDonald P, Lyons K, McMullen M, Srinathan S, Graham M, Tandon V, Styles K, Bessissow A, Sessler DI, Bryson G, Devereaux PJ. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Surgery. Can J Cardiol. 2017 Jan;33(1):17-32. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.09.008. Epub 2016 Oct 4. Erratum in: Can J Cardiol. 2017 Dec;33(12):1735. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.04.002. PMID: 27865641.
wk 3a Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Noncardiac Sur
Fleisher LA, Fleischmann KE, Auerbach AD, Barnason SA, Beckman JA, Bozkurt B, Davila-Roman VG, Gerhard-Herman MD, Holly TA, Kane GC, Marine JE, Nelson MT, Spencer CC, Thompson A, Ting HH, Uretsky BF, Wijeysundera DN. 2014 ACC/AHA guideline on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and management of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2014 Dec 9;130(24):2215-45. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000105. Epub 2014 Aug 1. PMID: 25085962.
wk 3b 2014 ACC_AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery_ Executive Summ
Week 4
Anton Leonard, Jonathan Thompson, Anaesthesia for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain, Volume 8, Issue 1, February 2008, Pages 11–15, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkm050
wk 4a Anaesthesia for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Nelson P, Bustillo M. Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy, Angioplasty, and Stent. Anesthesiol Clin. 2021 Mar;39(1):37-51. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2020.11.006. Epub 2021 Jan 8. PMID: 33563385.
wk 4b Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy, Angioplasty, and Stent
Optional reading
Fedorow CA, Moon MC, Mutch WA, Grocott HP. Lumbar cerebrospinal fluid drainage for thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: rationale and practical considerations for management. Anesth Analg. 2010 Jul;111(1):46-58. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181ddddd6. Epub 2010 Jun 3. PMID: 20522706.
Optional 1 AoSx_review of CSF drain mgmt_A&A -Fedorow-2010
Bassin L, Bell D. Temporary extracorporeal bypass modalities during aortic surgery. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Sep;30(3):341-57. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2016.08.001. Epub 2016 Aug 17. PMID: 27650344.
Optional 2 Temporary extracorporeal bypass modalities during aortic surgery
Awad H, Ramadan ME, El Sayed HF, Tolpin DA, Tili E, Collard CD. Spinal cord injury after thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Can J Anaesth. 2017 Dec;64(12):1218-1235. doi: 10.1007/s12630-017-0974-1. Epub 2017 Oct 10. PMID: 29019146; PMCID: PMC5954412.
Optional 3 Spinal cord injury after thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
Sweeting MJ, Patel R, Powell JT, Greenhalgh RM; EVAR Trial Investigators. Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients Physically Ineligible for Open Repair: Very Long-term Follow-up in the EVAR-2 Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Surg. 2017 Nov;266(5):713-719. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002392. PMID: 28742684.
Optional 4 Endovascular_Repair_of_Abdominal_Aortic_Aneurysm in inoperable pts-Sweeting-2017
Rerkasem A, Orrapin S, Howard DP, Nantakool S, Rerkasem K. Local versus general anaesthesia for carotid endarterectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Oct 13;10(10):CD000126. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000126.pub5. PMID: 34642940; PMCID: PMC8511439.
Optional 5 Local vs GA for carotid endarterectomy-Cochrane-2021
Agarwal S, Kendall J, Quarterman C. Perioperative management of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms. BJA Educ. 2019 Apr;19(4):119-125. doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2019.01.004. Epub 2019 Feb 14. PMID: 33456880; PMCID: PMC7808082.
Optional 6 Perioperative management of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms
Cardiac Anesthesia - (Eight Weeks)
Please note that starting your readings a few weeks in advance will help you get a solid grasp of the material, making you more confident and prepared when the rotation begins.
Week 1
Chapter 4 – Cardiac Physiology
Chapter 5 – Coronary Physiology and Atherosclerosis
Chapter 14 – Anesthesia for Myocardial Revascularization
Week 2
Chapter 10 - Monitoring of the Heart and Vascular System
Chapter 12 – Central Nervous System Monitoring
Chapter 21 – Procedures in the Hybrid Operating Room
Week 3
Chapter 15 – Valvular Heart Disease: Replacement and Repair
Chapter 30 – Postoperative Cardiovascular Management
Chapter 33 – Postoperative Pain Management for the Cardiac Patient
Week 4
Chapter 13 – Coagulation Monitoring
Chapter 27 – Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation Disorders
Week 5
Chapter 8 – Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Chapter 32 – Long-term Complications and Management
Chapter 23 – Reoperative Cardiac Surgery
Week 6
Chapter 25 – Cardiopulmonary Bypass Management and Organ Protection
Chapter 28 – Discontinuing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 31 – Central Nervous System Dysfunction after Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Week 7
Chapter 11 - Basic Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
Chapter 20 – Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Chapter 19 – Anesthesia for Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplantation
Week 8
Chapter 16 – Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
Chapter 18 – Uncommon Cardiac Diseases
Chronic Pain - (Four Weeks)
Week 1 - Chronic Pain Basics
Spinal Cord Mechanism Essentials of Pain Medicine - Benzon 2018, Chapter 1
Guidelines for opioid use in non-cancer pain Week 1b CNCP opioid guidelines
Psychology wk_1c_psychological_-_benzon_24.pdf
Interventional 1 Essentials of Pain Medicine Benzon 2018, Chapter 63
Interventional 2 Essentials of Pain Medicine Benzon 2018, Chapter 68
Week 2 - Post-Surgical Chronic Pain
Post-Surgical Pain Essentials of Pain Medicine Benzon 2018, Chapter 18
Gabapentinoids wk_2d_gabapentin_and_pregabalin_review.pdf
Postamputation pain Essentials of Pain Medicine Benzon 2018, Chapter 29
Week 3 - Non-Surgical Chronic Pain
Fibromyalgia Guidelines Week 3a Fibromyalgia guidelines
Low Back Pain Disorders Practical Management of Pain, 6th edition, 2023, Chapter 29
Myofascial Trigger Points wk_3c_myofascial_trigger_points.pdf
Sympathetic Nerve Blocks Essentials of Pain Medicine Benzon 2018, Chapter 71
Spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pumps Week 3e INESSS guidelines
Week 4 - Neuropathic Pain
Pharmacologic Treatment Week 4a Neuropathic pain guidelines
CRPS Pathophysiology Week 4b CRPS review
Postherpetic Neuralgia Essentials of Pain Medicine Benzon 2018, Chapter 28
Extra resource for fluoroscopy basics:
Wang LH, McKenzie-Brown AM, Hord AH, Informa (Firm). Handbook of C-Arm Fluoroscopy-Guided Spinal Injections. CRC/Taylor & Francis; 2006.
https://www-taylorfrancis-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/books/mono/10.3109/9781420000924/handbook-arm-fluoroscopy-guided-spinal-injections-linda-hong-wang-anne-marie-mckenzie-brown-allen-hord
Reference books:
Raja S, Liu SS, Fishman S, Cohen SP. Essentials of Pain Medicine, 4th edition (Benzon HT, Hurley RW, eds.). Elsevier/Saunders; 2018.
https://www-clinicalkey-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/#!/browse/book/3-s2.0-C20140038373
Benzon H, Rathmell J P, Wu C L, Turk D, Argoff C E, Hurley R W, Practical Management of Pain, 6th edition, 2023
https://www-clinicalkey-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/#!/browse/book/3-s2.0-C20180021040
Difficult Airway
TBD
Neuro Anesthesia
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage aneurysmal_sah_-_treggiari-_2023.pdf
Carotid endarcterectomy LA vs GA carotid_endarcterectomy_la_vs_ga-_cochrane-vaniyapong-2013.pdf
Carotid endarterectomy carotid_endarterectomy_-_bevilacqua_-_2022.pdf
Endovascular Treatment of Ischemic Stroke endovasc._tx_ischemic_stroke_-_goyal-_2015.pdf
Guidelines for acute ischemic stroke guidelines_acute_ischemic_stroke-_aha-_2019.pdf
Hemispheric infarction hemispheric_infarction_-_torbey_-_2015.pdf
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage mx_aneurysmal_sah_-_aha-_2023.pdf
Raised intracranial pressure mx_raised_icp_-_ropper_-2014.pdf
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage mx_spontaneous_intracer._hemorrhage_-_aha-_2022.pdf
Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage mx_spontaneous_intracer._hemorrh-can._recommendation-_7th_ed-_2020.pdf
Neuromonitoring neuromonitoring_-_strocchetti_-2013.pdf
Neuroprotection in acute brain injury neuroprotection_in_acute_brain_injury_-_strocchetti_-_2015.pdf
Regional anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy ra_for_endarterectomy_-_stoneham_-2015.pdf
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - vasospasm sah-vasospasm_-_lannes_-2012.pdf
Obstetric Anesthesia - (Eight Weeks)
Week 1 - Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
Physiological Changes wk_1a_datta_01_changes.pdf
Pharmacology in Pregnancy wk_1b_datta_03_pharmacology.pdf
Week 2 - Labour, Pain and Fetal Monitoring
Labour Pain wk_2a_datta_06_pain.pdf
Fetal Monitoring wk_2b_datta_11_fetal_monitoring.pdf
Week 3 - Labour Analgesia
Review of Regional Anesthesia wk_3a_nejm-review.pdf
Non-Pharmacological Methods wk_3b_datta_07_non-pharm.pdf
Systemic Methods wk_3c_datta_08_systemic.pdf
Regional Techniques wk_3d_datta_09_neuraxial.pdf
Week 4 - Anesthesia for C-Section
Anesthesia for C-Section wk_4a_datta_12_c-section.pdf
Complications of Neuraxial Block wk_4b_bja-neuraxial-complications.pdf
Urgent CS Review wk_4c_urgent_cs.pdf
Week 5 - Obstetric Complications
Obstetric Complications wk_5a_datta_15_obstetric_complications.pdf
SOGC Guidelines wk_5b_sogc_guidelines.pdf
Obstetric Hemorrhage Review wk_5c_obstetric_hemorrhage_review.pdf
Placenta Accreta Review wk_5d_placenta_accreta_review.pdf
Week 6 - Non-Labour & Delivery
Non-Obstetric Surgery Review wk_6a_non-obstetric_surgery_review.pdf
Non-Delivery OBS wk_6b_datta_16_non-delivery_obs.pdf
Non-Obstetric Surgery wk_6c_datta_17_non-obstetric.pdf
Week 7 - Pregnancy and Co-Existing Disease
Comorbidities wk_7a_datta_14_co-existing_disease.pdf
Bleeding Diatheses Review wk_7b_bleeding_diathesis_review.pdf
Congenital Heart Disease Review wk_7c_congenital_heart_disease_review.pdf
Week 8 - Resuscitation
Neonatal Resuscitation Program wk_8a_aap_nrp.pdf
Neonatal Resuscitation Program - Canadian Medications wk_8b_nrp_canadian_meds.pdf
Neonatal Resucitation Program wk_8c_datta_13_nrp.pdf
Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy wk_8d_cardiac_arrest.pdf
Maternal Mortality wk_8e_bja_maternal_mortality.pdf
Pediatric Anesthesia - (Fourteen Weeks)
(Main reference: Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children, Côté, 5th edition)
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE McGILL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Week 1 - Pediatric Anesthesia Basics: Physiology 1, Pre-op. Assessment
a) Côté, chap. 1: Intro. to pediatric anesthesia
b) Côté, chap. 2: Pediatric physiology
c) Côté, chap. 4: Pre-op. assessment
Week 2 - Airway 1 and IV access
a) Côté, chap. 12: Pediatric airway
b) Laryngospasm - HAMPSON-EVANS, D. et al., "Pediatric laryngnospasm."
Pediatric Anesthesia 18.4 (2008): 303-307 laryngospasm.pdf
c) Côté, chap. 48: IV access
Week 3 - Pediatric Pharmacology
Côté, chap. 6: Pediatric pharmacology
Week 4 - Final management and Blood Transfusion
a) Côté, chap. 8: Fluid management
b) Côté, chap. 9: Hematology
c) Côté, chap. 10: Transfusion and hemostasis
Week 5 - Procedures 1
a) Côté, chap. 31: ENT procedures
b) Côté, chap. 32: Ophthalmology
c) Côté, chap. 3: Peri-op stress reduction
Week 6 - Procedures 2 and Resuscitation
a) Côté, chap. 27: General surgery and urology
b) Côté, chap. 13: Thoracic surgery
c) Côté, chap. 39: Ressuscitation
Week 7 - Neonatalogy
a) Côté, chap. 35: Neonates
b) Côté, chap. 36: Neonatal emergencies
c) Côté, chap. 23: Anesthesia and the immature brain
Week 8 - Procedures 3 and Resp.
a) Côté, chap. 24: Neurosurgery
b) Côté, chap. 33: Plastic surgery
c) Côté, chap. 11: Pulmonology
Week 9 - Procedures 4 and Medical Conditions 1
a) Côté, chap. 30: Orthopedic surgery
b) Côté, chap. 34: Burns injuries
c) OSA & Sedation - BROWN, Karen. "Pediatric considerations in sedation for patients with the obstructive sleep apmea syndrome. " Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain. Vol. 26. No. 2, 2007.
osa_and_sedation.pdf
Week 10 - Regional anesthesia
a) Côté, chap. 41: Regional anesthesia (for the blocks, focus on the following ones: spinal, epidural, caudal, ilio-ing, rectus sheath, paravetebral, p.835-853 and p. 859-863)
b) Côté, chap. 42: Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (focus on the following blocks: rectus sheath, ilio-ing/ilio-hypogastric, TAP, paravertebral, caudal, epidural on p. 900-903 and p. 905-907)
Week 11 - Pain Management
Côté, chap. 43: APS
Week 12 - Medical Conditions 2
a) Côté, chap. 40: MH
b) Côté, chap. 22: Neurological conditions
Week 13 - Pediatric Physiology 2 and Cardiac pathology
a) Côté, chap. 14: Cardiology (stop reading at p. 316)
b) Côté, chap. 16: Cardiac physiology, CHD and pharmacology
Week 14 - Off-site anesthesia
a) Côté, chap. 45: Remote location
b) Côté, chap. 46: PACU
c) Côté, chap. 47: Sedation
Regional Anesthesia - (Four Weeks)
Week 1- Regional Basics & Nerve Localization
Anatomy of Pain wk_1a_anatomy_of_pain_-_kaye_4.pdf
CPNB Review wk_1b_cpnb_review_2011.pdf
CPNB vs Opioids wk_1c_cpnb_vs_opioid_liu_06.pdf
Nerve Stim Review wk_1d_nerve_stim_review_2012.pdf
US Concepts and Future Trends wk_1e_us_concepts_and_trends_2010.pdf
Week 2 - Upper Extremity
Local Anesthetic Pharmacology wk_2a_pharmacology_-_kaye_5.pdf
Upper Extremity Blocks wk_2b_upper_extremity_blocks_-_kaye_13.pdf
Upper Limb Review wk_2c_upper_limb_review_cja.pdf
Shoulder & Upper Arm Review wk_2d_shoulder_review_2012.pdf
Week 3 - Lower Extremity
Lower Extremity Review wk_3a_le_review_enneking_05.pdf
Lower Extremity Review 2 wk_3b_le_review_cja_2007.pdf
Femoral Nerve Block in TKA wk_3c_fnb_tka_meta.pdf
Week 4 - Complications
LAST Practice Advisory wk_4a_asra_last_2010.pdf
LAST Treatment wk_4b_last_2010.pdf
Regional in the Infected Patient wk_4c_regional_in_the_febrile.pdf
Anticoagulation Guidelines wk_4d_asra_anticoagulation_guidelines.pdf
MUHC -Pain Management Resources
MUHC - Pain Management Resources - adult
MUHC - Pain Management Resources - pediatric
Pain - quick tips - anesthesia