Anesthesia and Co-existing Disease

Ischemic heart disease; valvular heart disease; congenital heart disease; abnormalities of cardiac conduction and cardiac rhythm; hypertension; congestive heart failure; cardiomyopathies; cor pulmonale; pericardial diseases; aneurysms of the thoracic and abdominal aorta; peripheral vascular disease; deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism; chromic obstructive pulmonary disease; bronchial asthma; restrictive lung disease; acute respiratory failure; diseases of the nervous system; diseases of the liver and biliary tract; diseases of the gastrointestinal system; renal disease; water, electrolyte, and acid-base disturbances; endocrine disease; metabolic and nutritional disorders; anaemia; coagulation disorders; skin and musculoskeletal diseases; infectious diseases; cancer; disorders related to immune system dysfunction; psychiatric illness and substance abuse; physiologic changes and diseases unique to the parturient; diseases common to the paediatric patient; diseases unique to the elderly patient.