Lecture Notes: Clinical Anaesthesia, 4th Edition

List of contributors, vi

Preface, vii

Acknowledgements, viii

List of abbreviations, ix

1 Anaesthetic assessment and preparation for surgery, 1

2 Anaesthetic equipment and monitoring, 18

3 Drugs and fluids used during anaesthesia, 39

4 The practice of general anaesthesia, 58

5 Local and regional anaesthesia, 79

6 Special circumstances, 88

7 Post-anaesthesia care, 100

8 The acutely ill adult patient on the ward, 121

Section 1: Recognition and assessment, 121

Section 2: Management of common emergencies, 131

Answers to short-answer questions, 159

Answers to true/false questions, 171

Index, 177