Contents:

List of Abbreviations

Anaesthetic Equipment and Monitoring

Drugs and Fluids Used During Anaesthesia

The Practice of General Anaesthesia

Local and Regional Anaesthesia

Special Circumstances

PostAnaesthesia Care

The Acutely III Adult Patient on the Ward

Index

Perfect for medical students, junior doctors, anaesthetic nurses and allied health professionals, Lecture Notes Clinical Anaesthesia provides a thorough introduction to the modern principles and practices of clinical anaesthesia.

Full-colour diagrams, photographs and key fact boxes support easy understanding of the theory of anaesthetics allowing confident transfer of information into clinical practice.

This fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent developments within the anaesthetics specialty and is fully supported by a wide-range of self-assessments for study and revision purposes together with a range of 'tips for anaesthesia attachments' that start each chapter.

Whether you need to develop your knowledge for clinical practice, or refresh that knowledge in the run-up to examinations, Lecture Notes Clinical Anaesthesia will help foster a systematic approach to the clinical situation for all medical students and hospital doctors. Common terms and phrases: acute adrenaline ainrvay airway alveolar anaesthetic drugs anaesthetic machine anaesthetic technique anaesthetist analgesia analgesic arrhythmias arterial aspiration assessment blood loss blood pressure breathing system bupivacaine cannula cardiac output cardiovascular catheter cause Chapter chest clinical complications crystalloid cuff device disease dose effects ensure epidural example facemask flow fluid gases given heart hypotension hypovolaemia hypoxaemia hypoxia increased induction of anaesthesia infusion inhalational anaesthetics injection inserted inspired oxygen concentration intraoperative intravenous laryngeal local anaesthetic lung mask mechanical ventilation mg/kg monitoring muscle myocardial needle nerve neuromuscular blocking drugs nitrous oxide normal obstruction opioid oral pain patient perfusion perioperative peripheral plasma pneumothorax PONV position postoperative preoperative prevent propofol pulmonary pulse pulse oximeter reduced regional anaesthesia respiratory depression result resuscitation risk saline sodium spinal anaesthesia spontaneously supraglottic surgery surgical suxamethonium tachycardia therapy thoracic tissue tracheal intubation tracheal tube trauma treatment urine output usually vasodilatation venous volume vomiting