Sailent Features
* Provides separate chapters on asian disease conditions like Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat; and Trauma.
* Presents the latest anesthesia guidelines for patients with ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, asthma, immune system dysfunction, and more.
* Includes current and updated information on definition, current pathophysiology, significant pre-, intra-, and postoperative factors of the disease process, anesthetic judgment, and management.

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Ischemic Heart Disease
Shamsuddin Akhtar
2. Valvular Heart Disease
Adriana Herrera
3. Congenital Heart Disease
Inna Maranets, Roberta L. Hines
4. Abnormalities of Cardiac Conduction and Cardiac Rhythm
Kelley Teed Watson
5. Systemic and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Matthew C. Wallace, Alá Sami Haddadin
6. Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies
Wanda M. Popescu
7. Pericardial Diseases and Cardiac Trauma
Raj K. Modak
8. Vascular Disease
Marbelia Gonzalez
9. Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Arun Kumar Paul
10. Respiratory Diseases
Viji Kurup
11A. Diseases Affecting the Brain
Jeffrey J. Pasternak, William L. Lanier, Jr.
11B. Spinal Cord Disorders
Jeffrey J. Pasternak, William L. Lanier, Jr.
11C. Diseases of the Autonomic and Peripheral Nervous Systems
Jeffrey J. Pasternak, William L. Lanier, Jr.
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12. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
Arun Kumar Paul
13. Diseases of the Liver and Biliary Tract
Katherine E. Marschall
14. Diseases of the Gastrointestinal System
Hossam Tantawy
15. Nutritional Diseases and Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Hossam Tantawy
16. Renal Disease
Susan Garwood
17. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders
Susan Garwood
18. Endocrine Disease
Russell T. Wall, III
19. Hematologic Disorders
Christine S. Rinder
20. Skin and Musculoskeletal Diseases
Jeffrey J. Schwartz
21. Infectious Diseases
Michael S. Avidan
22. Trauma
Arun Kumar Paul
23. Cancer
Nalini Vadivelu
24. Diseases Related to Immune System Dysfunction
Christine S. Rinder
25. Psychiatric Disease/Substance Abuse/Drug Overdose
Roberta L. Hines, Katherine E. Marschall
26. Pregnancy-Associated Diseases
Ferne R. Braveman
27. Pediatric Diseases 658
Charles Lee, Igor Luginbuehl, Bruno Bissonnette, Linda J. Mason
28. Geriatric Disorders
Zoltan G. Hevesi