In this convenient resource--perfect for your lab coat pocket--leading pediatric anesthesiologists put succinct, up-to-date advice on both routine and nonroutine cases at your fingertips.

* Covers young patients in and out of the operating room
* Provides easy access to current practice in pain management, sedation, and peri-operative monitoring and assessment
* Helps you resolve complex issues involving multiple trauma, blocked airways, heart and birth defects, allergies, and other conditions in hard-to-manage situations
* Offers appropriate laboratory and radiologic tests for children
* Discusses post-operative pain management
* Guides you on ethical, legal, and family issues

More than a source of quick facts you need immediately to provide care for sick and injured children, this problem-oriented Handbook is an excellent way to keep abreast of the latest options, controversies, and alternatives in clinical pediatric anesthesia.