Andrew B. Lumb, MB, BS, FRCA, Consultant Anaesthetist, St. James University Hospital, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in Anaesthesia, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; foreword by Ronald G. Pearl, MD, PhD, Dr. Richard K. and Erika N. Richards Professor, Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA