Practical Ultrasound in Anesthesia for Critical Care and Pain Management

PHILIP M. HOPKINS is Professor of Anesthesia, University of Leeds, Director, UK National Malignant Hyperthermia Investigation Unit, and Honorary Consultant Anesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK. Dr. Hopkins received his M.D. from the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Dr. Hopkins currently serves as an Editorial Board member of the British Journal of Anaesthesia and is a member of the ESA Research Committee. Dr. Hopkins's research consists primarily of anesthesia and intensive care medicine in relation to malignant hyperthermia, exertional heat illness and stroke, as well as drug reactions and allergies, and the use of ultrasound-guided techniques in regional anesthesia.



A. R. BODENHAM is Director of Intensive Care and Consultant in Anesthesia, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK. Dr. Bodenham obtained his M.D. from St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, UK. Dr. Bodenham specializes in anesthesia and intensive care, with an interest in interventional procedures, as well as vascular surgery and access procedures. Dr. Bodenham continues to perform studies on the airway, as well as central venous access, ultrasound guided procedures, and sepsis management.



SCOTT T. REEVES is the John E. Mahaffey, MD Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Dr. Reeves received his M.D. from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. He did his residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine and advance training in pediatric cardiothoracic anesthesiology at the Texas Heart Institute, in Houston, Texas, USA. Dr. Reeves is a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology and is very active as program chair for the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology. Dr. Reeves's research concentrates on cardiac anesthesiolo