Anesthesia Pocket Guide

This outstanding pocket reference provides the crucial details usually found in larger references. Loaded with tables, flowcharts, and management protocols covering all aspects of perioperative anesthetic management, this handy guide provides quick access to vital clinical information on both new and established agents including inhalational anesthetics, opioids, long- and short-acting anxiolytics, barbiturates, and neuromuscular blocking agents. Topics of interest include key anatomic features, malignant hypothermia, sickle cell disease, renal function, evoked potentials, obstetric anesthesia, and trauma. The latest Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) protocols are also included.

Thomas N. Pajewski, Ph.D., M.D., is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurological Surgery, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.