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This handbook emphasizes the clinical foundations involved in the safe administration of anesthesia, preoperative care, and pain management. Chapters reflect each stage of the process, and describe techniques specific to various procedures. The text appears in outline form to facilitate quick assess to the material, and line drawings illustrate important anatomical points. An alphabetized drug index provides information on the indications, dosage, effects, and clearance of various pharmaceuticals.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

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Relied on for 20 years by resident and practicing anesthesiologists and CRNAs, this best-selling pocket reference is now in its Sixth Edition. In easy-to-scan outline format, it provides current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia procedures throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods. Each chapter is written by a Massachusetts General Hospital resident with a faculty mentor, and the entire book has been reviewed, updated, and field-tested by the anesthesia staff. This edition includes new information on muscle relaxants, opioids, minimally invasive abdominal surgery, pediatrics, end-of-life issues, and latex allergies, plus a comprehensive, alphabetical drug appendix.

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