Fleisher & Roizen’s Essence of Anesthesia Practice: Alternative Medicine & Tests A-Z

Essence of Anesthesia Practice: Alternative Medicine & Tests A–Z for iPhone® and iPad™, by Lee A. Fleisher, MD, and Michael F. Roizen, MD, makes it easy to formulate anesthesia plans for 35 of the most commonly used alternative medicines and their anesthetic implications and 15 of the most important and commonly performed diagnostic tests. You’ll have a quick and portable access to a wealth of state-of-art, reliable, clinically actionable guidance from an international team of experts, backed by the latest published evidence.

Features
•Offers concise, bulleted summaries of alternative medicine’s pharmacology, mechanism of action, effects, and perioperative implications and each test’s indications, overview, assessment points
•Easy to navigate, search, and browse so you can get the information you need quickly and conveniently
•Available for iPhone® and iPad™

Alternative Medicines
Androstenedione
Beta-Sitosterol
Blue Cohosh
Carnitine
Chitosan
Red Yeast Rice (Cholestin)
Chondroitin Sulfate
Chromium
Cranberry
Creatine
Dandelion
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)
Echinacea
Ephedra (Ma-Huang)
Evening Primrose
Fish Oil
Garlic
Ginger
Ginkgo
Ginseng
Glucosamine Sulfate
Glycine
Goldenseal
Licorice
Melatonin
6 Nutraceuticals
Phytosterols
Pseudoephedrine
Psyllium, Bulk-Forming Laxatives
Pyruvate
S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine
Saw Palmetto
Soy
St. John’s Wort
Valerian

Tests
Autonomic Function
Chest X-ray
Diagnostic 12-Lead ECG
Dibucaine Number (Atypical Cholinesterase)
Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging
Dobutamine Echocardiography
Exercise Stress Testing
Flow-Volume Loops
HIV Testing
Liver Function Tests
Pregnancy Testing
Renal Function Testing
Spirometry
Transesophageal Echocardiography
V/Q Scan (Nuclear Ventilation-Perfusion Scintigraphy)