The book can provide knowledge assistance to any perioperative practitioner in a busy clinical situation. However, it is most valuable to anesthesia trainees at all levels -- medical students, residents, fellows, and nurse anesthetists. The editors have called on the expertise of wide range of specialists to contribute to this book. The three parts of the book cover an array of topics in preoperative evaluation, anesthesia administration, and perioperative care. The topic selection is comprehensive, covering the entire perioperative period. The chapters are well written in a concise outline layout with highlighted key points, allowing for easy accessibility while providing considerable depth of information. The discussions of the anatomy and physiology at the foundation of anesthesia practice are helpful. Excellent illustrations complement the text and are especially valuable in areas such as monitoring and regional anesthesia. Relied on for over 30 years by resident and practicing anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists, this best-selling pocket reference is now in its Eighth Edition. In an easy-to-scan outline format, it provides current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia, perioperative care, critical care, and pain management. The book has been written, reviewed, updated, and field-tested by the internationally recognized Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital.