This textbook has been fully updated and expanded to provide anesthesiology practitioners and anesthesiologists in training with answers for nearly 250 anesthetic management problems. For each chapter, a step-by-step decision-making algorithm is included along with explanatory text and supplemental tables. All the chapters are thoroughly revised, and the editors have completely reconceptualized the entire edition, deleting many chapters, reorganizing the content into 25 sections, and adding topics to reflect the state-of-the-art in contemporary anesthesiology practice. General principles in anesthesia care are discussed along with detailed examinations of preoperative problems, an in-depth look at anesthesia in surgical specialty areas and postoperative management, perioperative management, and administrative issues. Each chapter is authored by faculty members from leading US medical schools.

Descriptions are supported by relevant diagrams, tables, boxes and images for easy understanding. Book is segmented into 14 sections, which are further divided into 124 chapters. Cross reference of chapters in relevant contents have been mentioned. Updated information with latest references has been incorporated. 15 new chapters added on Neuroimaging in Critical Care, Non-invasive Ventilation, Shock and Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome, Extracorporeal Therapies in ICU, Critical Care Issues in Elderly and Obese Patients, COVID-19 Disease, Fluid Physiology and Disorders of Sodium in the Critically III, Electrolyte Disorders in ICU, Gastrointestinal Emergencies, Perioperative Care of Patients Undergoing Lung Transplant, Renal Transplant: An Overview and Post-surgical Critical Care, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Newer Antimicrobials, Medication Overdose and Communication and Consents in the Intensive Care Unit. Special emphasis is given to trauma and toxicology as these domains are important in clinical practice as well as commonly asked in examinations of critical care courses and fellowships. Cardiac critical care section is supplemented with images of relevant ECGs and echocardiography which immensely elucidate the subject. Incorporation of Key Points summaries at the end of each chapter to keep book handy. References of chapters are provided online which can be accessed by QR code scan.