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Dr. Christopher O'Connor and Other Faculty Members Contribute to Two Recently Published Textbooks.

Case-Based Anesthesia: Clinical Learning Guides

Christopher John O'Connor, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Cardio-Thoracic Anesthesia at Rush, served as one of the five editors of a newly published textbook, entitled "Case-Based Anesthesia: Clinical Learning Guides" published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Baltimore, MD, June, 2009).

Dr. O'Connor along with a number of current and former faculty members of the Department of Anesthesiology at Rush contributed chapters to the textbook; a list of which are included below.

Chapters	Chapter Title	Faculty Author
13	Hypertonic Saline Resuscitation	David R. Rothenberg, MD
14	Preoperative Liver Function Test Abnormalities	David R. Rothenberg, MD
15	Perioperative use of Albumin	W. Christopher Croley, MD
16	Neurological Complication of Peripheral Nerve Blockade	Christopher J. O'Connor, MD
17	Peripheral Nerve Block Versus Epidural Analgesia for Total Knee Arthoplasty	Asokumar Buvanendran, MD
18	Paravertebral Nerve Blockade for Thoracic Surgery	Adrienne Wells, MD
19	Carotid Artery Stenosis	Christopher J. O'Connor, MD
20	Postpneumonectomy Pulmonary Edema	Nanhi Mitter, MD*
21	Perioperative Antiplatlet Therapy	Nanhi Mitter, MD*
22	Intraoperative Blood Conservation Stategies	W. Christopher Croley, MD
23	Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery	Christopher J. O'Connor, MD

*Former faculty member, now an Assistant Professor, with the Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at John Hopkins Hospital.

The textbook, "Case-Based Anesthesia: Clinical Learning Guides" includes 60 cases with detail and patient-specific data from clinical practice, that covers many of the major points emphasized in the in-training exam and in the written and oral boards. The cases were developed using two models: (1) Developed Case Model that features a step-by-step format highlighting the decisions made at each step, and 2) Case Reflection Model that features a short narrative, followed by analysis of how the management and outcome might have been improved. Each case references current articles that support the particular strategies, along with key Points of the case, and self-assessment questions.

Dr. Tuman and Dr. O'Connor Contribute Chapters to the latest edition of "Atlas of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia."

Dr. Kenneth Tuman, Chairman and Professor of the Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. Christopher O'Connor, and Dr. Nanhi Mitter coauthored Chapter 7 entitled, " End-Stage Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation" for the textbook "Atlas of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Second Edition," published by Springer Scinece add Business Media, Inc. (Philadelphia, 2008). The new edition, addresses a broad and comprehensive number of topics pertaining to cardiothoracic anesthesia including:

cardiovascular physiology
preoperative evaluation,
pharmacology,
ischemic heart disease and valvular disease,
transplant surgery including aesthetic considerations,
electrophysiology,
invasive cardiac monitoring,
the coagulation system and cardiac surgery,
postoperative care,
pediatrics,
history, and practice management
transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring
principles of congenital cardiac anesthesia.

Please join us in congratulating the above faculty members for their commendable contributions to these publications.