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A book to assist anesthesiologists in their role as perioperative physicians This South Asia edition of the anesthesiology classic Stoelting's Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease serves as a ready reference for perioperative care of patients with co-existing diseases. The book provides a detailed description including pathophysiology, medical management and anesthesia care of most diseases encountered in the routine practice of anesthesia. The management of anesthesia is presented in a concise. comprehensive manner, giving the guidance required to provide safe anesthesia care in the perioperative period, avoiding the complications that may arise from preexisting conditions. Easy-to-follow algorithms, and latest recommendations and guidelines make it a useful companion to anesthesiologists. As a special feature for postgraduate students, this book incorporates exam questions at the end of each chapter. Salient Features • Presents detailed descriptions of common diseases and highlights of some rare diseases • Almost all chapters are updated with latest guidelines and current literature, as applicable • New chapter added: "Perioperative Risk Assessment in Anesthesia' •Particularly relevant additions done in chapters related to respiratory diseases, metabolic disease, endocrine diseases, pregnancy, and cancer • Anaesthetic considerations added in tropical diseases, elaborately added in infectious diseases chapter • Anaesthetic considerations added in detail in dementia, liver diseases, and liver transplantation Includes chapter on anesthesia implications in patients with shake bite and scorpion bite, this was added for the first time in the previous South Asian edition of this book-an uncommon topic to be found in anaesthesia textbooks • Includes dedicated chapters on burns and postburn sequelae ? Features many figures, tables, diagrams, and photos to clearly understand concepts and to clarify critical points •