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A new disease state management section explains appropriate therapeutic options for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and men's and women's health problems. Also new to this edition: Clinical Significance boxes, Drug Lists at the beginning of appropriate chapters, and an eight-page color with detailed illustrations of drug structures. Table of Contents I: EVALUATING THE PATIENT BEFORE ANESTHESIA Evaluating the Patient Before Anesthesia Alla Tauber & Mary Kraft Specific Considerations with Cardiac Disease Shahzad Shaefi & Hovig V. Chitilian Specific Considerations with Pulmonary Disease Stephanie C. Cintora & Kenneth E. Shepherd Specific Considerations with Renal Disease Rafael Vazquez & William Benedetto Specific Considerations with Liver Disease Salomon M. Maya & Wilton C. Levine Specific Considerations with Endocrine Disease Anne M. Drewry, Robert A. Peterfreund & Stephanie L. Lee Infectious Diseases and Infection Control in Anesthesia Shahzad Shaefi & Ulrich Schmidt Adminstration Of Anesthesia Safety in Anesthesia Sara N. Goldhaber-Fiebert & Jeffrey B. Cooper The Anesthesia Machine Andrew R. Vaclavik & Greg Ginsburg Monitoring Jennifer Chatburn & Warren S. Sandberg Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics Claudia Benkwitz & Ken Solt Neuromuscular Blockade Oleg V. Evgenov & Peter F. Dunn Airway Evaluation and Management Cosmin Gauran & Peter F. Dunn Administration of General Anesthesia Stuart A. Forman & Victor Chin Local Anesthetics Maryam Jowza & Rebecca D. Minehart Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia Jason Lewis & May C.M. Pian-Smith Regional Anesthesia Keith Fragoza & Lisa Warren Intra-anesthetic Problems Jonathan Bloom & Keith Baker Perioperative Hemodynamic Control Brian T. Bateman & Vilma E. Ortiz Anesthesia for Abdominal Surgery Emily A. Apsell & John J.A. Marota Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery Junichi Naganuma & Paul H. Alfille Anesthesia for Vascular Surgery M. Richard Pavao & Edward A. Bittner Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery Ethan Small & Jason Qu Anesthesia for Neurosurgery Scott A. LeGrand & Michele Szabo Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery Brian D. Cauley & Deborah S. Pederson Anesthesia for Urologic Surgery Kris C. Lukauskis & William R. Kimball Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients Zhongcong Xie & Christine Finer Anesthesia for Surgical Emergencies in the Neonate/LI> James Y. Ko, Lisa N. Charo, Jonathan H. Cronin & Jesse D. Roberts, Jr. Anesthesia for Pediatric Surgery Susan A. Vassallo & Lisbeth L. Pappas Anesthesia for Obstetrics and Gynecology Ritu Kapoor, Jeannie C. Min & Lisa Leffert Ambulatory Anesthesia Christopher Hodge & Lisa Wollman Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room Thomas J. Graetz & John J.A. Marota Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns Vikram Kumar & Keith Baker Transfusion Therapy Jonathan E. Charnin & Shubha V. Raju Perioperative Issues The Postanesthesia Care Unit Asheesh Kumar & Ed George Perioperative Respiratory Failure Michael R. Shaughnessy & Luca M. Bigatello Adult, Pediatric, and Newborn Resuscitation Richard M. Pino, Bradley E. Randel & Arthur J. Tokarcyzk Pain Karsten Bartels & James P. Rathmell Complementary and Alternative Medicine Margaret Gargarian & P. Grace Harrell Ethical and End-of-Life Issues Sheri Berg & Rae M. Allain