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

New to this Edition

For the first time the book will change to a multi-contributed format
New section on Training and Standards
Over 100 new illustrations
More tables and boxes included throughout
Useful websites listed in the appendices

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