Dripps/Eckenhoff/Vandam: Introduction to Anesthesia

The 9th Edition of this popular introductory text presents the essential concepts of safe anesthesia practice and reviews important clinical issues. Includes up-to-date coverage of topics of increasing importance in clinical practice, such as sevoflurane, transesophageal echocardiography, metabolic response to operation and trauma, and laryngeal mask airways. Also features new and revised tables, boxes and figures!

Uses tables to summarize essential information for rapid access.

Includes clinical samples that explain scientific information, making it easier for the reader to understand the direct application of basic science to medical practice.

Features new, up-to-date coverage of topics of increasing importance to clinical practice, including those that have been added to ABA and RRC requirements for residencies and residents.

Saves research time by providing information on anesthesia that is not conveniently available elsewhere in medical literature.

Presents a chapter that describes the actual conduct of an anesthetic, explaining the thinking as well as the technical steps of a general anesthetic.

Revised and updated throughout, including new authors, new topics of current interest (sevoflurane, transesophageal echocardiography, the metabolic response to operation and trauma, laryngeal mask and airways, and more), and easier-to-scan headings for each topic.