Cambridge Pocket Clinician / Pediatric Anesthesia is designed to be a vital point-of-care guide to aid the clinician in the care of children in the perianesthetic period. It is a condensed and practical approach to the patient management, showcasing consistent standards that have been tested at the leading children's hospitals world-wide. It is divided into three main sections: surgical procedures, co-existing diseases, and regional anesthesia
Dr. Ron Litman is a pediatric anesthesiologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Director of Clinical Research for the Division of General Anesthesia of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed residencies in Pediatrics (Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland), Anesthesiology (Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City), and a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He holds Board Certification in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology.
Dr. Litman's clinical research interests are sedation, upper airway physiology and pathophysiology, and malignant hyperthermia. He is a popular and sought after speaker on a number of topics in pediatric anesthesiology, sedation, and pain control.
Dr. Litman is best known for his textbook, Requisites in Pediatric Anesthesia, which is used to train residents in anesthesiology and student nurse anesthetists in training programs throughout the world. His other works include Pediatric Anesthesia Practice (Cambridge Pocket Clinicians), an adaptation of his popular program for handheld devices, Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia (pocketmedicine.com).
Outside the hospital, Dr. Litman is an avid squash player, and spends as much time with his twin boys, Alan and Cory.
