A reference for trainees preparing for professional examinations, and for clinical practitioners, with sections on ward care, general anesthesia techniques, the patient, anesthesia for various surgical operations and situations, regional techniques, and chronic pain. Information is easy to find with the use of bullet points, summary boxes, lists, and bandw illustrations to highlight key points. This edition returns to a portable size, 4. 75x7. 25". A history of anesthesia, in previous editions, has been removed and published as a separate volume. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR.