This new revised edition reflects the latest advances in clinical practice and remains an indispensable reference that covers important and debated aspects of ultrasound for the practicing anesthesiologist, such as big vascular access, frontal neck access, nerve blocks, and gastric evaluation. It presents the important clinical topics where ultrasound can guide an anesthetist , offers a practical and reliable guide to often debated aspects of clinical practice, and provides an authoritative resource for the anesthetist working in critical care and pain management.

Philip Hopkins MBBS, MD, FRCA, holds the post of Professor of Anaesthesia at the University of Leeds, based at St James’s Hospital. He is an Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Director of the UK Malignant Hyperthermia Investigation Unit, also based at St James’s.
Massimo Lamperti, MD, is the Institute Chair of the Anesthesiology Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He was previously a Consultant Anesthesiologist at the National Neurological Institute Besta, a quaternary neurological center in Milan, Italy, having completed fellowships in the USA and UK.
Clara A. Lobo, MS, is a Staff Physician in Pain Management, at the Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.