Lee's Synopsis of Anaesthesia has become an essential textbook for the trainee preparing for professional examinations, and as an encyclopaedic reference text for the clinical anaesthetist. This new edition continues that tradition with a major revision of content, and a new format to make it a portable, pocket-sized companion.

SECTION 1: WARD CARE: Preoperative assessment and preparation; Intravascular techniques, fluid balance and blood transfusion; Acid base balance; Nutrition; Immediate postoperative care; Acute postoperative pain; Safety and quality in anaesthesia; SECTION 2: GENERAL ANAESTHESIA TECHNIQUES: Anaesthetic equipment; Monitoring; Administration of volatile agents and gases; Intravenous anaesthesia; Muscle relaxants; Intubation and ventilation; Production of ischaemia during operations; Complications of anaesthesia; SECTION 3: THE PATIENT: Medical diseases influencing anaesthesia; Dictionary of key points about rare diseases; SECTION 4: ANAESTHIA FOR VARIOUS SURGICAL OPERATIONS AND SITUATIONS: Various surgical operations; Paediatrics; Obstetrics; Trauma and resuscitation; Abnormal environments; SECTION 5: REGIONAL TECHNIQUES: Local anaesthetic agents; Techniques of regional analgesia; Spinal analgesia: intradural and extradural; SECTION 6: CHRONIC PAIN: SECTION 7: APPENDICES.