Anaesthesia: A Concise Handbook

by Graham Arthurs

• ISBN13: 9781841100807
• ISBN10: 1841100803
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Greenwich Medical Media

Summary

Written by an experienced anaesthetic consultant and examiner, this concise handbook adopts a practical A-Z approach to modern anaesthesia to provide the reader with valuable information, useful tips on avoiding common pitfalls, and an essential quick reference to key facts for use in the busy clinical environment. With importance placed on the compilation by individual anaesthetic departments of protocols and guidelines for use on the wards, this book will fill the niche for a practical text that covers all of the common conditions and problems encountered by the trainee.

Table of Contents

Airway (Normal airway / Difficult airway / Air embolism / Arrythmias during anaesthesia / Anaesthetic machine / Anaphylaxis and anphylactoid reactions / Anticoagulation / Arterial cannulation / Aspiration of vomit / Bags as wedges / Blood and fluid loss / Blood transfusion / Fluids and electrolyte / Hydrogen ions / Brain stem death / Bronchial obstruction / Bronchial lavage / Bronchospasm during anaesthesia / Acute asthma in A&

E / Burns / Capnography / Cardiac arrest / Carotid sinus massage / Prone resuscitation / Cervical collar) / Chest drains / Chest X-rays / Children and anaesthesia / Cyanosis (Resuscitation algorithms) / Diabetes / Drugs (General: Aerosols) / Dosages / Infusion rates / Prolonged actions / Osmolarity / Specific conditions: Hiccups / LA for myringotomy / MAC / Magnesium sulphate / Premedication / Shivering / Suxamethonium pain / Tetanus / ECG / Educational diagrams / Fasting / Forceps / Interosseus needle / Inspiratory stridor / Local anasethesia (Short bevel needle) / Sensory testing / Local anaesthetic blocks (Head and neck) / Eye / Glossopharyngeal / Local thoracic / Superficial cervical plexus / Suprascapular / Brachial plexus / I.V. regional / Arm blocks at the wrist / Intercostal / Intrapleural / Paravertebral / Epidural and spinal / Lumbar puncture headache / Dimensions of epidural space / Sympathetic blocks - stellate ganglion, coeliac plexus, lumbar sympathetic chain / Abdomen - rectus sheath, inguinal field block, penile block, superficial hypogastric plexus / Lower limb blocks - 3 in 1, sciatic, ankle / Lung function / Malignant hyperyrexia / Nasoduodenal tube / Nausea and vomiting / Nerve stimulators / Nerve damage during surgery / Obstetrics (Monitoring labour / Epidural in labour) / One lung anaesthesia (CPAP) / One lung lavage / Preoxygenation / Pacemakers / Pain (Postoperative pain relief) / Pain in children / Penile turgescence / Poisoning (Bowel irrigation) / Pulse oximeter / Pulmonary catheters / Rate-pressure product / Ring removal / Scavenging T-piece / Scores of illness / Stethoscope / Suction / Throat spray / Transfer of head-injured patients / Vein cannulation (Jugular) / Subclavian / Axillary / Tunnelling / Central venous pressure) / Ventilator / Warming / Weaning from anaesthesia (Hypoxia during weaning) / Weight and obesity.