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Postoperatively in the Operating Room a Good Idea?.- Chapter 20. Is a Pulmonary Artery Catheter Needed if You Have Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Routine Coronary Artery Bypass Graft?.- Chapter 21. When Should You Transfuse a Patient Who Is Bleeding After Cardiopulmonary Bypass?.- Chapter 22. Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia in a Patient with Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis.- Chapter 23. Should High-Risk Cardiac Patients Receive Perioperative Statins?.- Chapter 24. Cardiopulmonary Bypass Cases: To Hemodilute or Not?.- Chapter 25. Are Seizures Really a Problem After the Use of Antifibrinolytics?.- Chapter 26. Is Regional Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery a Good Idea?.- Chapter 27. Are Surgical and Anesthesia Medical Missions in Developing Countries Helping or Hurting?: The Evolving Fields of Global Anesthesia and Global Surgery.- Section III: Thoracic.- Chapter 28. Can Oxygenation in Single-Lung Thoracic Surgery Be Affected by Inhibition of Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction?.-Chapter 29. Is a Bronchial Blocker Just as Good as a Double-Lumen Tube for Achieving Adequate Lung Isolation?.- Chapter 30. Your Thoracic Epidural Is Not Working: How Do You Provide Analgesia Post-Thoracotomy?.- Section IV: Pediatric.- Chapter 31. Pediatric Upper Respiratory Infection: You Cancelled the Case and Told the Parents to Reschedule, Right?.- Chapter 32. Does a Low Mean Blood Pressure in the Neonate Under Anesthesia Lead to Cognitive Deficits?.- Chapter 33. Does Rapid Sequence Induction Have a Role in Pediatric Anesthesia?.- Chapter 34. Anesthetic Neurotoxicity: Is Anesthesia Toxic to the Developing Brain? Should I Cancel My Baby's Surgery?.- Chapter 35. Should an Anxious Parent Be Allowed to Be Present for the Induction of Anesthesia in Her Child?.- Chapter 36. What Is the Role of Premedication in the Pediatric Patient?.- Chapter 37. Presence of Family Members in the Operating Room: Is This Really Helpful?.- Chapter 38. Is it Appropriate for Complicated Pediatric Surgical Patients to Receive Care Outside of Specialized Pediatric Centers?.- Chapter 39. Are the Transfusion Goals for a Premature Infant the Same as for a Seven-Year-Old?.- Chapter 40. How Should You Get the Autistic Child into the Operating Room when the Mother Objects to Intramuscular Ketamine?.- Chapter 41. Is "Deep" Extubation Preferable in Patients at Risk for Bronchospasm?.- Chapter 42. What Is the Best Approach to a Pediatric Patient with an Unexplained Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest?.- Chapter 43. Malignant Hyperthermia: "It Certainly Is" versus "It Certainly Is Not!".- Chapter 44. Is There a "Right" Drug to Choose When the Blood Pressure Is Low and More Volume Is Not the Answer in a Pediatric Patient?.- Section V: Obstetric.- Chapter 45. Which Is Safer: a Traditional Epidural or a Combined Spinal-Epidural?.- Chapter 46. When Should a Patient Undergoing Dilation and Evacuation of Products of Gestation Be Intubated?.- Chapter 47. Two Blood Patches Have Failed. Now What?.- Chapter 48. Should a Spinal Be Used for Surgical Anesthesia After a Failed Labor Epidural?.- Chapter 49. Accidental Dural Puncture: Should an Intrathecal Catheter Be Threaded?.- Chapter 50. Should Intraoperative Cell Salvage Be Used During Cesarean Delivery?.- Chapter 51. Should Damage Control or Traditional Resuscitation Be Used for Abnormal Placentation Cases?.- Chapter 52. Managing the Noncompliant HIV-Positive Mother: A Pro/Con Debate.- Section VI: Neuroanesthesia.- Chapter 53. At What Hematocrit Should a Patient Who Is Undergoing Craniotomy for Tumor Be Transfused?.- Chapter 54. Traumatic Brain Injury: Where Do We Stand with Ketamine and Hyperventilation?.- Chapter 55. Is General Anesthesia or Conscious Sedation More Appropriate for Patients Undergoing Endovascular Clot Retrieval for Acute Ischemic Stroke?.- Chapter 56. Tranexamic Acid for Major Spine Surgery.- Chapter 57. Should Major Spine Surgery Patients Be Extubated in the Operating Room?.- Chapter 58. General Anesthesia for Intra-ArterialStroke Treatment (Endovascular Mechanical Thrombectomy): Still Needed or a Thing of the Past?.- Chapter 59. Is it Better to Perform a Craniotomy for Brain Tumor Resection Awake?.- Chapter 60. Nitrous Oxide in Neuroanesthesia: Does it Have a Place?.- Chapter 61. Should We Treat Hypertension Immediately Before Electroconvulsive Therapy?.- Section VII: Transplant.- Chapter 62. Viscoelastic Testing in Liver Transplantation.- Chapter 63. Antifibrinolytics in Liver Transplantation.- Chapter 64. Would You Recommend Accepting a "Donation After Cardiac Death" Liver?.- Chapter 65. Should Only Patients Who Are Medically Optimized Receive a Liver Transplant?.- Chapter 66. Is the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score the Best Way to Evaluate Liver Transplant Patients Preoperatively?.- Chapter 67. A Small Bowel Transplant for a Patient with Scleroderma: Once Again on the Slippery Slope Both Clinically and Ethically.- Section VIII: Critical Care.- Chapter 68. Should Steroids Be Used in Septic Shock?.- Chapter 69. Should Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Be Used for the Early Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?.- Chapter 70. What Is the Most Effective Initial Resuscitation for the Septic Shock Patient?.- Chapter 71. Should Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Be Placed in the Prone Position to Improve Ventilation?.- Chapter 72. What Is the Best Strategy for Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?.- Chapter 73. Is a Single Dose of Etomidate for Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) Safe in the Critically Ill Patient?.- Chapter 74. Should Intensive Care Unit Patients Be Deeply Sedated?.- Chapter 75. Is There Any Advantage to Albumin over Crystalloid for Volume Resuscitation?.- Chapter 76. There Is Nothing Dexmedetomidine Does that Cannot Be Done Old School.- Chapter 77. Does Treating Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Lead to Better Outcomes in Surgical Patients?.- Chapter 78. Should Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit PatientsReceive Physical Therapy?.- Section IX: Ambulatory.- Chapter 79. Should Persistent Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Delay Discharge of an Ambulatory Surgery Patient from the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit?.- Chapter 80. Should We Postpone Surgery in Patients with Uncontrolled Preoperative Hypertension?.- Chapter 81. Should the Morbidly Obese Patient Be Allowed to Leave the Day of Surgery?.- Chapter 82. Should Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Be Used for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain Following Ambulatory Surgery?.- Chapter 83. Pros and Cons of a Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Versus a Hospital-Based Operating Room.- Section X: Acute Pain.- Chapter 84. Can a Regional Anesthetic Affect the Development of Phantom Limb Pain?.- Chapter 85. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Regional Anesthesia/Analgesia: Is Perioperative Neuraxial Analgesia Really Contraindicated?.- Chapter 86. Positional Headache Without a Previous Lumbar Puncture: Would a Blood Patch Be Useful?.-Chapter 87. Single-Dose Epidural Morphine or Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia (PCEA) for Post-Cesarean Pain Control?.- Chapter 88. Is Opioid Avoidance Warranted for a Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Postoperative Period?.- Section XI: Regional.- Chapter 89. Is Spinal or Epidural Anesthesia Contraindicated in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis?.- Chapter 90. The Scanner, the Twitcher, or Both: How Best to Perform Peripheral Nerve Blocks?.- Chapter 91. Do We Know the Mechanism of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion (ILE) Therapy for High Blood Levels of Local Anesthetics?.- Chapter 92. Secrets Behind Keeping Your Block Catheter Working.- Chapter 93. Is an Indwelling Neuraxial or Peripheral Nerve Regional Anesthesia Catheter Safe in a Trauma Patient Who Needs Twice Daily Low Molecular Weight Heparin?.- Chapter 94. Awake or Asleep: Can Regional Nerve Blocks Be Safely Performed in the Heavily Sedated or Asleep Patient?.- Chapter 95. Intraneural Injection: A Good Idea or Not?.- Chapter 96. Is a Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Better than Surgical Field Infiltration?.- Chapter 97. Is Point-of-Care (POC) Coagulation Testing Worthwhile Before Regional or Neuraxial Anesthesia?.- Chapter 98. Should a Peripheral Nerve Block Be Placed in an Anticoagulated Patient?.- Chapter 99. Are the Benefits of Stimulating Peripheral Nerve Block Catheters Worth the Risks?.- Section XII: Chronic Pain.- Chapter 100. Epidural Steroid Injection or Physical Therapy for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Due to Disc Herniation?.- Chapter 101. Should a Trial of Epidural Steroid Injections Be Done Before Considering Spine Surgery?.- Chapter 102. Epidural Steroid Injection for Unilateral Radicular Pain: Is the Transforaminal Approach Superior to Interlaminar Injection?.- Chapter 103. Is a Tricyclic Antidepressant the Best First-Line Agent in Treating Neuropathic Pain?.- Chapter 104. What Are the Risks and Benefits of Spinal Cord Stimulators and Intrathecal Pumps?.- Chapter 105. How Do You Determine if a Patient Has Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia?.- Chapter 106. Can Acute and Chronic Post-Surgical Pain Be Decreased with Perioperative Neuropathic Agents?.- Chapter 107. Is Urine Drug Testing a Good Idea for Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy?.- Chapter 108. Dexamethasone: To Use or Not To Use-That Is the Question.- Chapter 109. Should Opioid Analgesics Be Used for Managing Pain in a Patient with a Drug Addiction?.- Chapter 110. Is Sympathetic Blockade Useful in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)?.- Section XIII: Trauma.- Chapter 111. Is Pulse Pressure Variation More Accurate than Central Venous Pressure (CVP) or Pulmonary Artery Pressure (PAP) for Volume Resuscitation?.- Chapter 112. What Is the Best Management Strategy for Venous Air Embolism?.- Chapter 113. Does Cerebral Oximetry Have an Important Role in Trauma?.- Chapter 114. Should New Trauma Paradigms Be Used in the Care of the Severe Trauma Patient?.- Section XIV: Perioperative.- Chapter 115. Do Herbal Supplements CreateUnnecessary Risk for Patients?.- Chapter 116. How Much Evaluation of the Airway Is Essential Prior to Anesthesia?.- Chapter 117. Are There Concerns with Using Droperidol for Sedation for an Awake Fiberoptic Intubation?.- Chapter 118. Do Special Measures-Such as Postoperative CPAP, a Prolonged PACU Stay, and PACU EtCO2 Monitoring-Improve the Outcome in a Patient with Obstructive Sleep Apnea?.- Section XV: Professionalism.- Chapter 119. Do Not Resuscitate: What Does that Mean Perioperatively?.- Chapter 120. Should a Trainee Be Allowed to Return to Anesthesiology After Narcotic Diversion and Presumed Addiction?.- Chapter 121. Should Anesthesia Personnel Be Subject to Mandatory Drug Testing?.- Chapter 122. Does Returning a Recovered Addicted Physician to Active Anesthesiology Practice Do More Harm Than Good?.- Chapter 123. Does Disruptive Behavior Among Anesthesia Care Providers Decrease Patient Safety?.- Chapter 124. Is Burnout Among Anesthesiologists a Humbug or a Real Entity?.- Chapter125. The Tumor Is Inoperable: Tell the Patient or Punt to the Surgeon?.- Chapter 126. What Is the Role of Pain Physicians in the Opioid Epidemic?.