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Smith and Aitkenhead's Textbook of anaesthesia

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A practical guide for anaesthetists and other health care professionals involved in the perioperative period. This sixth edition has been thoroughly updated and reorganised to reflect current anaesthetic practice and the basic sciences that directly underpin it. The inclusion of several new chapters...

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Other Authors: Smith, G. (Graham), Aitkenhead, A.R. (Alan R.), Moppett, Iain K., Thompson, Jonathan P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier 2013.
Edition:6th ed.
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthetics
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Table of Contents:
  • General Principles of Pharmacology
  • Inhalational Anaesthetic Agents
  • Intravenous Anaesthetic Agents
  • Local Anaesthetic Agents
  • Analgesic Drugs
  • Muscle Function and Neuromuscular Blockade
  • Sedative and Anxiolytic Drugs
  • Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System
  • Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System
  • Drugs Used in Renal Disease
  • Metabolism, the Stress Response to Surgery and Perioperative Thermoregulation
  • Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance
  • Haematological Disorders and Blood Transfusion
  • Basic Physics for the Anaesthetist
  • Anaesthetic Apparatus
  • Clinical Measurement and Monitoring
  • Preoperative Assessment and Premedication
  • Intercurrent Disease and Anaesthesia
  • Consent and Information for Patients
  • The Operating Theatre Environment
  • The Practical Conduct of Anaesthesia
  • Management of the Difficult Airway
  • Management of the High-Risk Surgical Patient
  • Local Anaesthetic Techniques
  • Anaesthesia for the Bariatric Patient
  • Day-Case Anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia for Gynaecological and Genitourinary Surgery
  • Anaesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Anaesthesia for ENT, Maxillofacial and Dental Surgery
  • Ophthalmic Anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia for Vascular, Endocrine and Plastic Surgery
  • Neurosurgical Anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
  • Anaesthesia for Cardiac Surgery
  • Obstetric Anaesthesia and Analgesia
  • Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Emergency Anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia Outside the Operating Theatre
  • Anaesthesia for the Patient with a Transplanted Organ
  • Postoperative Care
  • Postoperative Pain
  • Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
  • Complications During Anaesthesia
  • Quality and Safety in Anaesthesia
  • The Intensive Care Unit
  • Management of Chronic Pain
  • Resuscitat ion

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