Understanding Anaesthesia

Simpson, Peter J., Carrie, Len E. S., Popat, M. T.

ISBN 10: 075062079X / ISBN 13: 9780750620796

Editore: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 1996

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Riassunto:

`Medical students and new entrants to anaesthesia will find this book gives an excellent flavour of what the specialty is about. I highly recommend it.' British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Contenuti: Anaesthesia - history and introduction; Applied anatomy and physiology in anaesthesia; Haematology and blood transfusion; Intravenous induction agents; Uptake and distribution of volatile and intravenous anaesthetic agents; Gases used in anaesthesia; Anaesthetic gas supply: the anesthetic machine; Anaesthetic circuits or breathing systems; Vaporisers and inhalers; Volatile anaesthetic agents; Neuromuscular transmission and muscle relaxant drugs; Analgesics and anti-emetics; Autonomic pharmacology; Pre-anaesthetic assessment and premedication; Anaesthesia and Intercurrent diseases; Anaesthesia and endocrine disease; Intravenous techniques: central venous pressure; Airway management in anaesthesia; Principles of ventilators; Monitoring during anaesthesia; Complications of anaesthesia: the recovery room; Interpretation of the ECG; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Anaesthesia for emergency surgery and trauma; Anaesthesia for ear, nose and throat surgery; Anaesthesia for eye surgery; Anaesthesia for dental and maxillofacial surgery; Hypotensive anaesthesia; Anaesthesia for plastic, microvascular and burn surgery; Anaesthesia for abdominal and gynaecological surgery; Anaesthesia for day surgery; Anaesthesia for patients with systemic disease - renal, hepatic and ischaemic; Anaesthesia for vascular surgery; Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery; Anaesthesia for open heart surgery; Anaesthesia for neurosurgery and neurology; General anaesthesia in neonates and children; Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia; Local analgesic drugs; Local analgesic blocks; Spinal and epidural analgesia; Postoperative analgesia; Treatment of chronic pain; Principles of intensive care and parenteral nutrition; Humidifiers; Sterilization of anaesthetic equipment; Pollution and electrical safety; Appendix.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Understanding Anaesthesia
Casa editrice: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Data di pubblicazione: 1996
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Good
Edizione: 3rd Edition.