Pediatric Anesthesia

The authors have attempted to present from their own experience the methods which they have used, and they have not attempted to present methods with which they are not familiar. They are particularly concerned about appraisal of the patient's condition and the preoperative preparation of the patient, and they have pointed out optimal doses of drugs both for preoperative use and for the relief of postoperative pain. They have discussed the advantages and disadvantages of these drugs. They have discussed respiration and circulation in detail because they feel that infants and small children tolerate extremes of anesthetic effects less well than do older children and adults. They have discussed the planes and stages of anesthesia with reference to the work of Guedel and Snow, and have compared with charts the difference between the signs of anesthesia in an adult and in a child.

They have discussed inhalation anesthesia and have