Long established as the #1 reference on pediatric cardiac anesthesia, this definitive text is now in its thoroughly revised Fourth Edition. The book provides comprehensive guidelines on preoperative evaluation, perioperative management, and postoperative care for all pediatric cardiac surgical procedures and includes quick-reference summaries of perioperative management for each procedure. For this edition, Dr. Lake is joined by an eminent British co-editor, Peter D. Booker, and an international group of distinguished contributors. Coverage includes cutting-edge information on echocardiography, fast tracking, and the newest surgical techniques. New chapters cover teaching, practice management, anesthesia for cardiac MIS, and hemostasis, coagulation, and transfusion.

This compilation comprises 15-18 articles written by leading experts in vascular surgery, reflecting on the advances of the past year. Each in-depth review examines a single area of clinical importance - what our understanding was, how it has changed and where it is leading.

Drs. Carol L. Lake, Roberta L. Hines, and Casey D. Blitt*three highly regarded experts in the field*team up to produce this comprehensive, state-of-the-art resource on the current practices and equipment used in monitoring in clinical anesthesia and intensive care units today. This reference focuses on all aspects of clinical monitoring, including all major monitoring modalities * integrates information on pediatric monitoring into each chapter * employs a user-friendly organization by types of monitors*including cardiac, neuroanesthesia, and obstetric * and much more!