In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Matthew M. McEvoy and James Abernathy III bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Perioperative Safety Culture. Safety culture is the product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that determine an organization's health and safety management. In this issue, top experts discuss topics such as patient safety and clinician wellness; handoffs and In-hospital care transitions; team dynamics in the operating room: how is team performance optimized?; anesthesiology operating room medication delivery; OR design: state-of-the-art design concepts to help mitigate errors and improve safety; and more. - Contains 16 practice-oriented topics including perioperative safety culture: principles, practices, and pragmatic approaches; what do we know about the system and what are the best practices to stop errors in healthcare; coaching to improve performance; systems of care delivery and optimization in the preoperative arena, operating room, ICU, and postoperative care wards; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on perioperative safety culture, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Zdravka Zafirova and Richard D. Urman bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Preoperative Patient Evaluation. Top experts in the field discuss this important opportunity to identify co-morbidities that may lead to patient complications during the anaesthetic, surgical, or post-operative period, including anticoagulation preop management and regional anesthesia recent updates/guidelines; marijuana use and vaping; enhanced recovery pathways: preoperative considerations in children; management of preoperative anemia; and more. Contains 17 relevant, practice-oriented topics including what’s new in preop cardiac testing; virtual preoperative evaluation process: a new paradigm; newer hypoglycemic medications; new therapies for heart failure and pulmonary hypertension; preoperative management of the adult patient with cancer; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on preoperative patient evaluation, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Megan P. Kostibas and Heather K. Hayanga bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Vascular Anesthesia. Top experts in the field cover key topics such arterial hemodynamics and ischemia-reperfusion; preoperative evaluation and cardiac risk assessment; complications of vascular disease; coagulopathy and anticoagulant management: drugs, antiplatelets agents, and thrombolytic agents; and more. - Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including cardiovascular monitoring; abdominal aortic arterial aneurysms; aortic dissection; anesthetic management of open surgical treatment for aneurysms; the unstable carotid plaque; acute limb ischemia; regional anesthesia for vascular surgery and pain management; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on current topics in vascular anesthesia, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editor Dr. Shamsuddin Akhtar brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Geriatric Anesthesia. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as cardiovascular changes in the elderly; perioperative pulmonary complications in the elderly; frailty, sarcopenia, aging, and perioperative outcomes; perioperative delirium; and more. - Contains 18 relevant, practice-oriented topics including central nervous system changes in the elderly: new Insights; data science and geriatric anesthesia research: opportunity and challenges; aging, COVID, and perioperative care; balancing efficiency, empathy, safety, and quality; pain management in the elderly; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on geriatric anesthesia, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Ronald G. Pearl and Sean Mackey bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Pain/Palliative Care. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as psychological approaches for migraine management; ketamine in chronic pain management; spinal cord stimulation for treatment of chronic pain: history and transition to novel waveforms; blinded pain cocktails; transitional pain services; and more. - Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including the emerging field of potential biased opioid agonists; update on treatments for facial pain; disparities in pain medicine; ultrasound-guided procedures in the management of chronic pain; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on pain and palliative care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editor Ashley M. Shilling brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Sports Anesthesia. The issue is composed of several articles that pertain to the perioperative management of the orthopedic patient, including patients undergoing knee procedures, foot and ankle surgery, shoulder surgery, and more. - Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including regional anesthesia complications and contraindications; continuous catheter techniques; Local Anesthetics, Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST), and Liposomal Bupivacaine; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on orthopedic anesthesia, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Athanasios Chalkias, Mary Jarzebowski, and Kathryn Rosenblatt bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Current Topics in Critical Care for the Anesthesiologist. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as perioperative management of the acute stroke patient; traumatic brain injury: intraoperative management and ICU multimodality monitoring; update on mechanical circulatory devices; management of intraoperative cardiac arrest; intraoperative ventilator management of the critically ill patient; and more. - Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including transfusion thresholds across surgical specialties; delirium prevention and management in frail surgical patients; perioperative fluid management and volume assessment; coagulopathy and emergent reversal of anticoagulation; impact of ICU nutrition on the microbiome and patient outcomes; massive trauma; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on current topics in critical care for the anesthesiologist, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, guest editors Drs. Neal H. Cohen and Gail van Norman bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Ethical Approaches to the Practice of Anesthesiology - Part 1: Overview of Ethics in Clinical Care: History and Evolution. In this first of a two-part series, top experts discuss topics such as the role of advance directives and living wills on anesthesia practice; preoperative care of the patient with DNR orders; end-of-life care: withdrawing/withholding support; brain death: medical, ethical, cultural, legal aspects; ethics consult in anesthesia practice; and more. - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including maternal-fetal conflicts in anesthesia practice; ethical care of pregnant patients for non-obstetrical surgery and during labor and delivery; caring for the patients whose personal/religious/cultural beliefs impact clinical management strategies; approaching the patient when a medical error occurs; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on ethical approaches to the practice of anesthesiology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

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