Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital

Since the late 1970s, anesthetists on the staff at the hospital have updated the handbook as a foundation of practical knowledge for the inexperienced or incompletely trained anesthetist. It emphasizes the clinical fundamentals needed for the safe administration of anesthesia and perioperative care for patients. In sections on evaluating the patient before anesthesia, administering anesthesia, and perioperative issues, it considers such topics as specific consideration with renal disease, airway evaluation and management, anesthesia for spine surgery, anesthesia outside of the operating room, and ethical end-of-life issues. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)