This "venerable introductory anesthesia text" ("Anesthesia & Analgesia", review of last edition) conveys essential concepts of safe anesthesia practice to those beginning the study of anesthesia. The New Edition also serves as a concise review of important clinical issues for more experienced practitioners. Reviews of the Last Edition include: "An accurate, concise, well-documented and highly readable text...the premiere beginner's text since its inception...should continue to generate its well-deserved popularity with medical students...residents, and those physicians in other specialties who require a survey of the field." -"Anesthesia & Analgesia". "Well-crafted chapters detailing the 'how to' aspects of anesthesia practice...The new editors have transformed a good work into something even better." -"JAMA".
SECTION I Background 1(8) Anesthesia as a Medical Specialty 3(6) David E. Longnecker SECTION II Preparing to Administer Anesthesia 9(54) Preoperative Evaluation 11(9) Karen B. Traber Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gas and Acid-Base Data 20(7) James E. Baumgardner Premedication: Drugs to Start, Continue, or Withhold 27(9) Mitchell Tobias Lester A. Zuckerman The Anesthesia Machine 36(12) Stanley J. Aukburg Monitoring the Anesthetized Patient 48(15) Joseph S. Savino Ivan S. Salgo SECTION III Drugs Used in Anesthesia 63(72) Pharmacologic Principles of Anesthesia 65(10) Sean K. Kennedy The Inhaled Anesthetics 75(13) Albert T. Cheung Bryan E. Marshall Nonopioid Intravenous Anesthetics 88(11) Sean K. Kennedy Opioids in Anesthesia Practice 99(11) Thomas H. Kramer Muscle Relaxants 110(14) Dennis M. Fisher The Medical Gases 124(11) Roderic G. Eckenhoff SECTION IV Administering Anesthesia 135(64) Airway Management 137(22) Andranik Ovassapian Ronald M. Meyer Conduct of General Anesthesia 159(11) Frank L. Murphy Managing Fluids, Electrolytes, and Blood Loss 170(16) David R. Jobes Positioning the Surgical Patient 186(13) Christian M. Alexander SECTION V Conduction Anesthesia 199(52) Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics 201(15) Robert R. Gaiser Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia 216(16) Robert R. Gaiser Nerve Blocks 232(19) Ray H. dAmours SECTION VI Patients with Special Requirements 251(178) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 253(27) Frederick W. Campbell Cardiovascular Disease 280(13) Stuart J. Weiss Constance F. Neely Anesthesia and Respiratory Disease 293(15) C. William Hanson, III Gordon R. Neufeld Patients with Hepatic and Renal Disease 308(13) Mitchell D. Tobias Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders 321(11) Clifford S. Deutschman Pediatric Anesthesia 332(18) Eugene K. Betts John J. Downes Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 350(14) Brett B. Gutsche Theodore G. Cheek Geriatric Patients 364(13) Stanley Muravchick Outpatient Anesthesia 377(9) Thomas J. Conahan Marie L. Young Managing the Desperately III Patient 386(14) C. William Hanson, III Neuroanesthesia and Neurologic Diseases 400(15) Harry A. Seifert David S. Smith Management of Anesthesia for Specialty Procedures 415(14) Angelina D. Castro SECTION VII Care Outside the Operating Room 429(70) Postanesthesia Care 431(9) Elizabeth C. Behringer Critical Care of the Surgical Patient 440(16) Ralph T. Geer Management of Postoperative Pain 456(10) Timothy R. VadeBoncouer Chronic Pain 466(10) Kathleen M. Veloso F. Michael Ferrante Hazards of Anesthesia 476(9) Frank L. Murphy The Law and Anesthesia Practice 485(7) Alan J. Ominsky The Further Study of Anesthesiology 492(7) Frank L. Murphy Index 499
