Relied on for over 30 years by practicing anesthesiologists and residents as well as nurse anesthetists, Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital offers you current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines on all facets of anesthesia, perioperative care, critical care, and pain management from a host of seasoned experts.

Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- CONTENTS -- PART I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT BEFORE ANESTHESIA -- Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia -- Specific Considerations with Cardiac Disease -- Specific Considerations with Pulmonary Disease -- Specific Considerations with Renal Disease -- Specific Considerations with Liver Disease -- Specific Considerations with Endocrine Disease -- Infectious Diseases and Infection Control in Anesthesia -- PART II: ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA Safety in AnesthesiaThe Anesthesia Machine -- Monitoring -- Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics -- Neuromuscular Blockade -- Airway Evaluation and Management -- Administration of General Anesthesia -- Local Anesthetics -- Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia -- Regional Anesthesia -- Intra-anesthetic Problems -- Perioperative Hemodynamic Control -- Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery -- Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery -- Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery -- Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery -- Anesthesia for Neurosurgery Anesthesia for Head and Neck SurgeryAnesthesia for Urologic Surgery -- Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients -- Anesthesia for Surgical Emergencies in the Neonate -- Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery -- Anesthesia for Obstetrics and Gynecology -- Ambulatory Anesthesia -- Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room -- Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns -- Transfusion Therapy -- PART III: PERIOPERATIVE ISSUES -- The Postanesthesia Care Unit -- Perioperative Respiratory Failure -- Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation -- Pain Complementary and Alternative MedicineEthical and End-of-Life Issues -- APPENDIX A Supplemental Drug Information -- INDEX