Completely revised and updated, the 3rd Edition of this popular reference presents comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of basic science, monitoring, and anesthesia administration for patients undergoing non-cardiac thoracic surgery. It emphasizes the application of pharmacologic and physiologic principles to achieve the best possible patient outcomes, explaining the scientific foundation and clinical basis for the practice of every procedure.

• Features the work of acknowledged experts in their respective areas.
• Presents a comprehensive, international, and multidisciplinary picture of thoracic anesthesia.
• Covers every phase of the anesthetist's responsibilities―from the preoperative assessment of the patient, through intraoperative anesthesia and monitoring, to postoperative management in the intensive care unit.

• Covers today's hot topics including minimally invasive surgery and transplantation.
• Examines the latest techniques and equipment for intraoperative monitoring
• endobronchial intubation
• tracheostomy
• lung separation techniques
• and mechanical ventilation.
• Offers new information from many clinical fields including anesthesiology
• pulmonary medicine
• thoracic surgery
• critical care medicine
• and pharmacology.
• Presents the expertise of a distinguished new editor.
• Includes new coverage including anesthesia for thoracoscopic surgery
• lung isolation in pediatrics
• and multimodal post-operative analgesia.