Decision making in anesthesiology (Clinical decision making series)

In this book, algorithms or decision trees are used to demonstrate the concept of decision making in the practice of anaesthesiology. Each algorithm depicts the decision points involved and their logical results, progressing from a clinical or laboratory sign/symptom through the steps required to diagnose and treat the given condition. The text offers comments pertinent to various points on the tree. The format, a precursor of computerized teaching methods, provides a tool for teaching or reviewing the concepts and procedures of anaesthesiology in both emergency and elective surgical settings.