This highly successful textbook is internationally renowned as a core text for trainee anesthetists and is essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar examinations. The previous 6th edition was awarded First Prize at the BMJ Medical Book awards.//The book provides full coverage of the sciences underpinning practice in anesthesia, critical care, and pain management together with details of clinical anesthesia and perioperative care. In combining these aspects, anesthetists new to the specialty have found the textbook particularly useful during the first few years of training as well as when preparing for professional examinations. It has also proved a valuable day-to-day reference for allied professionals such as operating department practitioners and physician assistants who need an understanding of clinical practice in anesthesia and related specialties.//The goal for this Seventh Edition has remained to equip the reader with the basic knowledge and practical considerations required to administer anesthesia and perioperative care for a whole range of surgical conditions in patients with all common medical comorbidities. Reflecting the expanding role of anesthesia beyond the operating theatre it also includes essential material related to safety and quality assurance, consent, resuscitation, intensive care medicine, pre-hospital care, and chronic pain management.//The content of each chapter is closely aligned to the syllabus of the Primary FRCA examination. Sample online questions and answers are provided for each chapter and linked to the relevant part of each chapter.//This book�s scope includes the full range of clinical practice, from anesthetic equipment and pre-operative assessment through to post-operative care, local anesthesia, anesthesia for individual specialties, and the management of chronic pain.//The text covers the principles of pharmacology, anesthetic agents, and physics for the anesthetist.