Publisher's Synopsis
This classic introductory textbook of anesthesia emphasizes all aspects of modern anesthesia practice, including preoperative evaluation, intraoperative care, postoperative recovery, critical care medicine and pain management. Expert contributors also discuss anesthesiology as a medical specialty, neuroanesthesia and the management of patients with neurologic disease, and more. Throughout, concise tables and side bars are used to illustrate essential information about diagnosis, drug doses, and recommended orders for patient care.
