Why read this book? This book provides a meticulously structured and up-to-date resource for mastering the complexities of anaesthesia, designed to serve both trainees and practicing professionals. Its key features include: (1) Organised, up-to-date and detailed knowledge of various commonly encountered cases. (2) Covers all aspects of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, medical and anaesthetic management. (3) Systematically and consistently organised under similar headings and subheadings for each chapter. (4) Easy-to-read text, illustrations, flowcharts, boxes and neatly drawn and labelled figures. (5) ‘At a glance’ provides a quick recap of each chapter with a special focus on anaesthetic management. (6) Includes all common long and short cases encountered in the post graduate practical examinations. (7) A clinical guide for the practising anaesthesiologists to refresh their knowledge on a day-to-day basis. (8) Authored by leading experts in anaesthesiology with extensive clinical and academic experience. About the author: Dr Ramyavel Thangavelu did her under graduation and postgraduation from JIPMER, Puducherry. She has worked for over a decade now at teaching institutes in various capacities from Assistant Professor to currently as Professor of Anaesthesia at Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry. Teaching is something very close to her heart and she never misses an opportunity to impart her clinical/academic knowledge to her students. She has guided many UG students in their ICMR research projects and has been a guide to PGs for both interdepartmental and intradepartmental dissertations. She has more than a dozen published papers in various national and international journals to her credit. She has contributed as a peer reviewer for several national and state-level journals. She has been an invited faculty at several anaesthesiology and research conferences and has coordinated several state/regional workshops/CMEs over the years. She has been both internal and external examiner for PG university examinations in the state.