Theodore H. Stanley, M.D. W. Clayton Petty, M.D. Anesthesiology 1986
contains the Refresher Course manuscripts of the presentations of the
31st Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology which took place at
the Westin Hotel Utah Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah,
February 14-18, 1986. The chapters reflect recent and future
developments in anesthetic techniques, monitoring instruments and
devices, and anesthetic drugs. The purposes of the textbook are to 1)
act as a reference for the anesthesiologists attending the meeting, and
2) serve as a vehi cl e to bri ng many of the 1 atest concepts in
anesthesiology to others within a short time of the formal presentation.
Each chapter is a brief but sharply focused glimpse of the interests in
anesthesi a expressed at the conference. Thi s book and its chapters
should not be considered complete treatises on the subjects addressed
but rather attempts to summarlze the most salient points. This textbook
is the fourth in a continuing series documenting the proceedings of the
Postgraduate Course in Salt Lake City. We hope that this and the past
and future volumes reflect the rapid and continuing evolution of
anesthesiology in the late twentieth century. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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