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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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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.
PDF icon 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
            PDF icon Chapter 4 – Cardiac Physiology
            PDF icon Chapter 5 – Coronary Physiology and Atherosclerosis
            PDF icon Chapter 14 – Anesthesia for Myocardial Revascularization
            Week 2
            PDF icon Chapter 10 - Monitoring of the Heart and Vascular System
            PDF icon Chapter 12 – Central Nervous System Monitoring
            PDF icon Chapter 21 – Procedures in the Hybrid Operating Room

            Week 3
            PDF icon Chapter 15 – Valvular Heart Disease: Replacement and Repair
            PDF icon Chapter 30 – Postoperative Cardiovascular Management
            PDF icon Chapter 33 – Postoperative Pain Management for the Cardiac Patient

            Week 4
            PDF icon Chapter 13 – Coagulation Monitoring
            PDF icon Chapter 27 – Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation Disorders

            Week 5
            PDF icon Chapter 8 – Cardiovascular Pharmacology
            PDF icon Chapter 32 – Long-term Complications and Management
            PDF icon Chapter 23 – Reoperative Cardiac Surgery

            Week 6
            PDF icon Chapter 25 – Cardiopulmonary Bypass Management and Organ Protection
            PDF icon Chapter 28 – Discontinuing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
            PDF icon Chapter 31 – Central Nervous System Dysfunction after Cardiopulmonary Bypass

            Week 7
            PDF icon Chapter 11 - Basic Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
            PDF icon Chapter 20 – Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
            PDF icon Chapter 19 – Anesthesia for Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplantation

            Week 8
            PDF icon Chapter 16 – Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
            PDF icon 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     PDF icon Week 1b CNCP opioid guidelines     
            Psychology                                                                 PDF icon 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                                                 PDF icon 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                                   PDF icon Week 3a Fibromyalgia guidelines
            Low Back Pain Disorders                                  Practical Management of Pain, 6th edition, 2023, Chapter 29
            Myofascial Trigger Points                             PDF icon wk_3c_myofascial_trigger_points.pdf
            Sympathetic Nerve Blocks                               Essentials of Pain Medicine Benzon 2018, Chapter 71
            Spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pumps  PDF icon Week 3e INESSS guidelines

            Week 4 - Neuropathic Pain
            Pharmacologic Treatment                                 PDF icon Week 4a Neuropathic pain guidelines
            CRPS Pathophysiology                                      PDF icon 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                   PDF icon aneurysmal_sah_-_treggiari-_2023.pdf

            Carotid endarcterectomy LA vs GA                            PDF icon carotid_endarcterectomy_la_vs_ga-_cochrane-vaniyapong-2013.pdf

            Carotid endarterectomy                                                  PDF icon carotid_endarterectomy_-_bevilacqua_-_2022.pdf

            Endovascular Treatment of Ischemic Stroke           PDF icon endovasc._tx_ischemic_stroke_-_goyal-_2015.pdf

            Guidelines for acute ischemic stroke                        PDF icon guidelines_acute_ischemic_stroke-_aha-_2019.pdf

            Hemispheric infarction                                                      PDF icon hemispheric_infarction_-_torbey_-_2015.pdf

            Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage                      PDF icon mx_aneurysmal_sah_-_aha-_2023.pdf

            Raised intracranial pressure                                           PDF icon mx_raised_icp_-_ropper_-2014.pdf

            Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage                     PDF icon mx_spontaneous_intracer._hemorrhage_-_aha-_2022.pdf

            Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage                 PDF icon mx_spontaneous_intracer._hemorrh-can._recommendation-_7th_ed-_2020.pdf

            Neuromonitoring                                                                 PDF icon neuromonitoring_-_strocchetti_-2013.pdf
              
            Neuroprotection in acute brain injury                          PDF icon neuroprotection_in_acute_brain_injury_-_strocchetti_-_2015.pdf

            Regional anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy     PDF icon ra_for_endarterectomy_-_stoneham_-2015.pdf

            Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - vasospasm                PDF icon sah-vasospasm_-_lannes_-2012.pdf

            Obstetric Anesthesia - (Eight Weeks)

            Week 1 - Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
            Physiological Changes                           PDF icon wk_1a_datta_01_changes.pdf
            Pharmacology in Pregnancy                   PDF icon wk_1b_datta_03_pharmacology.pdf

            Week 2 - Labour, Pain and Fetal Monitoring
            Labour Pain                                            PDF icon wk_2a_datta_06_pain.pdf
            Fetal Monitoring                                     PDF icon wk_2b_datta_11_fetal_monitoring.pdf

            Week 3 - Labour Analgesia
            Review of Regional Anesthesia               PDF icon wk_3a_nejm-review.pdf
            Non-Pharmacological Methods              PDF icon wk_3b_datta_07_non-pharm.pdf
            Systemic Methods                                  PDF icon wk_3c_datta_08_systemic.pdf
            Regional Techniques                               PDF icon wk_3d_datta_09_neuraxial.pdf

            Week 4 - Anesthesia for C-Section
            Anesthesia for C-Section                        PDF icon wk_4a_datta_12_c-section.pdf
            Complications of Neuraxial Block           PDF icon wk_4b_bja-neuraxial-complications.pdf
            Urgent CS Review                                    PDF icon wk_4c_urgent_cs.pdf

            Week 5 - Obstetric Complications
            Obstetric Complications                          PDF icon wk_5a_datta_15_obstetric_complications.pdf
            SOGC Guidelines                                      PDF icon wk_5b_sogc_guidelines.pdf
            Obstetric Hemorrhage Review                  PDF icon wk_5c_obstetric_hemorrhage_review.pdf
            Placenta Accreta Review                           PDF icon wk_5d_placenta_accreta_review.pdf

            Week 6 - Non-Labour & Delivery
            Non-Obstetric Surgery Review                 PDF icon wk_6a_non-obstetric_surgery_review.pdf
            Non-Delivery OBS                                    PDF icon wk_6b_datta_16_non-delivery_obs.pdf
            Non-Obstetric Surgery                             PDF icon wk_6c_datta_17_non-obstetric.pdf

            Week 7 - Pregnancy and Co-Existing Disease
            Comorbidities                                          PDF icon wk_7a_datta_14_co-existing_disease.pdf
            Bleeding Diatheses Review                       PDF icon wk_7b_bleeding_diathesis_review.pdf
            Congenital Heart Disease Review             PDF icon wk_7c_congenital_heart_disease_review.pdf

            Week 8 - Resuscitation
            Neonatal Resuscitation Program                                             PDF icon wk_8a_aap_nrp.pdf
            Neonatal Resuscitation Program - Canadian Medications       PDF icon wk_8b_nrp_canadian_meds.pdf
            Neonatal Resucitation Program                                               PDF icon wk_8c_datta_13_nrp.pdf
            Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy                                                     PDF icon wk_8d_cardiac_arrest.pdf
            Maternal Mortality                                                                    PDF icon 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       PDF icon 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.  
             PDF icon 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                                       PDF icon wk_1a_anatomy_of_pain_-_kaye_4.pdf
            CPNB Review                                             PDF icon wk_1b_cpnb_review_2011.pdf
            CPNB vs Opioids                                       PDF icon wk_1c_cpnb_vs_opioid_liu_06.pdf
            Nerve Stim Review                                   PDF icon wk_1d_nerve_stim_review_2012.pdf
            US Concepts and Future Trends                PDF icon wk_1e_us_concepts_and_trends_2010.pdf

            Week 2 - Upper Extremity
            Local Anesthetic Pharmacology                 PDF icon wk_2a_pharmacology_-_kaye_5.pdf
            Upper Extremity Blocks                              PDF icon wk_2b_upper_extremity_blocks_-_kaye_13.pdf
            Upper Limb Review                                      PDF icon wk_2c_upper_limb_review_cja.pdf
            Shoulder & Upper Arm Review                     PDF icon wk_2d_shoulder_review_2012.pdf

            Week 3 - Lower Extremity
            Lower Extremity Review                               PDF icon wk_3a_le_review_enneking_05.pdf
            Lower Extremity Review 2                            PDF icon wk_3b_le_review_cja_2007.pdf
            Femoral Nerve Block in TKA                         PDF icon wk_3c_fnb_tka_meta.pdf

            Week 4 - Complications
            LAST Practice Advisory                                  PDF icon wk_4a_asra_last_2010.pdf
            LAST Treatment                                             PDF icon wk_4b_last_2010.pdf
            Regional in the Infected Patient                      PDF icon wk_4c_regional_in_the_febrile.pdf
            Anticoagulation Guidelines                            PDF icon wk_4d_asra_anticoagulation_guidelines.pdf

            MUHC -Pain Management Resources

            PDF icon MUHC - Pain Management Resources - adult
            PDF icon MUHC - Pain Management Resources - pediatric
            PDF icon Pain - quick tips - anesthesia

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