Theodore H. Stanley, M. D. What's New in, Anesthesiology in 1988
contains the Refresher Course manuscripts of the presentations of the
33rd Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology which took place at
the Marriott Hotel Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, February
19-23, 1988. The chapters reflect new data, ideas and concepts within
the general framework of most recent developments in "evaluation and
monitoring cardiac function before, during and after surgery," "new
anesthetics and their actions on the heart and peripheral vasculature,
and other organ systems," "metabolism and elimination of anesthetics and
anesthetic adjuvants," and "recent developments in the anesthetic
management of patients with congenital heart disease, renal and
pulmonary dysfunction, and diabetes insipidus. " In addition, there are
chapters on new developments in "obstetrics," "regional anesthesia," and
"anesthetic management of the newborn. " The purposes of the textbook
are to 1) act as a reference for the anesthesio- logists 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 sixth in a continuing series documenting the proceedings
of the Postgraduate Course in Salt Lake City.