Description
This pocket-sized comprehensive classic, crammed with useful facts,
is back in a fully-updated 13th edition. Ideal for the practising
anaesthetist or senior trainee, it covers a vast range of topics in a
clear, concise and readable style. Focusing on the practical rather
than the theoretical, it discusses both rare and common conditions.
General sections cover topics such as preparation, techniques, post-
operative care and pain management, whilst other sections discuss
anaesthesia for specific operations and situations.
Key Features
*Highly templated approach to each chapter
*Pocketbook size retained for the new edition
*Dictionary of rare medical diseases (separate lists for adult and
paediatric) included in the appendices
*Key up-to-date references included at the end of each chapter
*Text presented in short, readable ‘chunks’ with frequent use of
bullet lists and tables
- Contents-
Section 1 Prepartion of the patient for surgery
1.1 Assessment and preparation
1.2 Medical diseases influencing anaesthesia
Section 2 General Anaesthesia
2.1 Anaesthetic equipment
2.2 Monitoring
2.3 Administration of volatile anaesthetics and gases
2.4 Intraveneous anaesthesia
2.5 Muscle relaxants
2.6 Intravascular techniques and blood transfusion
2.8 Acid-base, electrolyte balance and nutrition
2.9 Resuscitation
Section 3 Case of the patient after surgery
3.1 Care in the recovery area
3.2 Acute pain management
3.3 Complications of anaesthesia
Section 4 Regional Anaesthesia
4.1 Local anaesthetic agents
4.2 Techniques of regional anaesthesia
4.3 Spinal anaesthesia--intradural & extradural
Section 5 Anaesthesia for various procedures
5.1 Abdominal surgery
5.2 Cardiac surgery
5.3 Day surgery
5.4 Endocrine surgery
5.5 Gynaecological surgery
5.6 Neonatal & paediatric surgery
5.7 Neurosurgery
5.8 Obstetrics
5.9 Ophthalmic surgery
5.10 Oral, dental, and maxillofacial surgery
5.11 Orthopaedic and trauma surgery
5.12 Otorhinolaryngology
5.13 Plastic surgery and the care of burns
5.14 Thoracic surgery
5.15 Anaesthesia in unusual environments
5.16 Urological surgery
5.17 Vascular surgery
Section 6 Non-acute pain
6.1 Non-acute pain
Section 7 Training and standards in anaesthesia
7.1 Training and standards in anaesthesia
Appendices
1 Dictionary of adult medical disorders
2 Dictionary of paediatric medical disorders
Index
Author Information
Nicholas J. H. Davies, MA, DM, MRCP, FRCA, Consultant Anaesthesist,
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK; and Jeremy N. Cashman,
BSc, MD, FRCA, Consultant Anaesthetist, St. George's Hospital,
London, UK