ABSTRACT
Anesthetic management can be divided into two areas-patient-related problems and procedure-related problems. Patient-related problems are medical conditions that afflict the patient. These are problems that the anesthesiologist has to manage, regardless of the surgery. Procedure-related problems are problems related to the conditions required by the surgeon, and the effects that the surgery will have on the patient. An anesthetic for a procedure is divided into six phases: preinduction, induction, intubation, maintenance, emergence, and immediate recovery. In developing an anesthetic plan, the anesthesiologist must think through each of these phases, deciding what procedure-related problems will occur, and what patient-related problems would be affected.
