姚編著的《麻醉學》包括呼吸繫統、心血管繫統、胃腸道繫統、內分泌繫統、兒科、疼痛等12個部分共62章，涵蓋了麻醉學幾乎所有重要領域的手術操作和可能遇到的問題。每一章都以一個病例開始，圍繞這個病例提出四大基本問題(疾病的病理生理和鋻別診斷，術前評估與準備，術中管理，術後麻醉管理)，問題後附有完整的解釋和參考文獻。全書語言規範、簡練，既有利於讀者快速掌握專業詞彙，又有利於醫學英語思維的培養。

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 Ductus Arteriosus and Prematurity
Isobel Russell
Rajesh Bhat
Fun-Sun F. Yao
SECTION Xl
PainiManagement and
Neuraxial Blocks
CHAPTER 45 Brachial Plexus Block
William Urmey
CHAPTER 46 Nerve Blocks of the Lower Extremity
Jeffrey Y. F. Ngeow
David Y. Wang
Karina Gritsenko
CHAPTER 47 Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Sudhir A. Diwan
Vinod Malhotra
Neel D. Mehta
CHAPTER 48 Cancer Pain
Sudhir A. Diwan
Shakil Ahmed
Neel D. Mehta
CHAPTER 49 Low Back Pain and Sciatica
David Y. Wang
Jeffrey Y. F. Ngeow
CHAPTER 50 Perioperative Pain Management
Anuj Malhotra
Vinod Malhotra
Narinder Rawal
CHAPTER 51 Acupuncture
Yuan-Chi Lin
SECTION Xll
Miscellaneous
CHAPTER 52 Myasthenia Gravis
Cephas P. Swamidoss
Cynthia A. Lien
CHAPTER 53 Malignant Hyperthermia
Henry Rosenberg
Vinod Malhotra
CHAPTER S4 Postoperative Residual Neuromuscular Weakness and
Prolonged Apnea
David Kopman
Aaron F. Kopman
CHAPTER 55 Burns
Michael Tieuw
CHAPTER 56 Trauma
Danielle Lindenmuth
Jaideep K. Malhotra
Ralph L. Slepian
CHAPTER 57 Scoliosis
Kathryn DelPizzo
Victor M. Zayas
CHAPTER 58 Hypoxia and Equipment Failure
James B. Eisenkraft
Andrew B. Leibowitz
CHAPTER 59 Electroconvulsive Therapy
Patricia Fogarty Mack
CHAPTER 60 Ambulatory Surgery
Kathryn E. McGoldrick
CHAPTER 61 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Jung Hee Hart
CHAPTER 62 Morbid Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Jon D. Samuels
Fun-Sun F. Yao
Index