Various clinical topics in anesthesia are the focus of this volume, which presents them in alphabetical order, from airway assessment to venous thromboembolism. The 100 topics include cardiac anesthesia, dental anesthesia, elderly patients, ethics and consent, gynecology, minimally invasive surgery, neuroanesthesia, obesity, nutrition, obstetrics, orthopedics, pediatric anesthesia, pain, plastic surgery, positioning, preoperative assessment, radiology, renal disease, respiratory issues, smoking, spinal surgery, urology, and vascular surgery, with information on problems, anesthetic management and technique, and other aspects. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)