Emergency Anaesthesia

by Adams, Anthony P.; Hewitt, Penelope B.; Grande, Christopher M.

• ISBN13: 9780340692196
• ISBN10: 0340692197
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-12
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

This practical pocketbook provides concise guidance for the anesthesiologists faced with emergency problems. The introductory chapters cover the principles of emergency anesthesia and of resuscitation with guidance on IV therapy, blood transfusions and the practical procedures needed, together with the basic aspects of monitoring. The subsequent chapters look at the individual systems and their associated emergency problems. Each contributor indicates what the special problems are and how they may be avoided or overcome in the relevant circumstances.

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS	vii	(6)
PREFACE	xiii	(4)
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS	xvii
1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY ANAESTHESIA	1	(13)
Anthony P Adams
Penelope B Hewitt
Christopher M Grande
2 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION	14	(19)
D Andrew Neale
3 BLOOD GROUPS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION	33	(15)
Gerald N Smith
4 BLOOD DISORDERS	48	(14)
Beverley J Hunt
Heidi Doughty
5 INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS	62	(11)
Evan B Eller
Kenneth J Abrams
6 PRACTICAL PROCEDURES	73	(16)
Craig R Bailey
Michael B Barnett
7 FIBREOPTICS: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DIFFICULT AIRWAY	89	(24)
Elizabeth C Behringer
Cynthia T Anderson
Antonio F Sanchez
8 IMAGING PROCEDURES	113	(10)
Adrian Pearce
9 ABDOMINAL SURGERY	123	(17)
Robert O Feneck
10 ASTHMA AND PNEUMOTHORAX	140	(9)
Jane Wilkinson
11 ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS	149	(10)
Eoin Sherry
12 ORTHOPAEDICS	159	(12)
Thomas Pasch
13 NEUROANAESTHESIA AND HEAD INJURY	171	(15)
Mariano C Pimentel Jr
Elizabeth A M Frost
14 NECK TRAUMA	186	(11)
John P Williams
Terry D Krekorian
15 FACIO-MAXILLARY, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT EMERGENCIES	197	(11)
Vance E Shearer
16 DENTAL PROBLEMS	208	(8)
Ann M Skelly
David C Craig
17 OPHTHALMIC EMERGENCIES	216	(7)
John H Cook
18 MAJOR VASCULAR SURGERY	223	(11)
Wolfgang Segiet
Klaus van Ackern
19 CARDIAC AND THORACIC EMERGENCIES	234	(11)
Charles P Kingsley
Christopher J Berg
20 EMERGENCY ANAESTHESIA AND SEVERE BURNS	245	(20)
Salahadin Abdi
Judith L Stiff
J A Jeevendra Martyn
21 MILITARY CONFLICTS AND MILITARY DISASTERS	265	(11)
Louis M Guzzi
Winston F de Mello
22 EMERGENCY ANAESTHESIA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES	276	(13)
Henry W Bukwirwa
Michael Dobson
23 REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA	289	(18)
Gordon M C Paterson
24 OBSTETRIC EMERGENCIES	307	(16)
Derek L K Chu
Penelope B Hewitt
25 PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA	323	(20)
Gail E Rasmussen
Joseph D Tobias
26 EMERGENCY ANAESTHESIA IN ELDERLY PEOPLE	343	(14)
Paul F Isaacs
Jeffrey H Silverstein
27 ANAESTHESIA IN RENAL PATIENTS	357	(14)
Norbert Gretz
Michael Quintel
Klaus van Ackern
28 LIVER DISEASE	371	(16)
Craig R Bailey
29 RESPIRATORY FAILURE	387	(20)
Massimo Ferrigno
30 POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS	407	(8)
Wendy E Scott
31 LITIGATION	415	(8)
Michael J Powers
INDEX	423