Theodore H. Stanley, M.D. Anesthesiology and Pain Management contains
the Refresher Course manuscripts of the presentations of the 36th Annual
Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology which took place at The Cliff
Conference Center in Snowbird, Utah, February 22-26, 1991. The chapters
reflect new data and concepts within the general framework of "pain
research and basic science," "clinical topics in pain management." The
purposes of the textbook are to 1) act as a reference for the
anesthesiologists attending the meeting, and 2) serve as a vehicle to
bring many of the latest 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 anesthesia expressed at the
conference. This book and its chapters should not be considered complete
treatises on the subjects addressed but rather attempts to summarize the
most salient points. This textbook is the ninth 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. ix list of Contributors Ashburn, Michael A. Department of
Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Basbaum, Allan
Department of Anatomy & Physiology, University of California - San
Francisco, San Francisco, California Bonica, John J. Department of
Anesthesiology, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Cousins, Michael J.