The new edition of this popular text has been extensively revised and updated throughout. It will continue to provide the trainee or practicing anesthesiologist with all the information, both background and practical, that will be needed in the busy clinical setting or during revision for qualifying examinations. Major changes for the new edition include increased international relevance, made possible by the extensive input of a new American co-editor and the selection of well known contributing authors from around the world. The content is thus applicable to all trainees studying for, and passing, the variety of different certifying examinations for practicing anesthesia in a wide range of locales.