Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia

Edited by Keith Allman, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust, UK and Iain Wilson, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Devon and Exeter Healthcare NHS Trust, UK

Contributors: Barry Baker, Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia Anna Batchelor, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK Mark Bellamy, Professor of Critical Care Anaesthesia, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Simon Berg, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK Hannah Blanshard, Specialist Registrar, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK Andrew Bodenham, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK Bruce Campbell, Professor and Consultant Surgeon, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital; Peninsular Medical School, Plymouth, UK Tracey Clayton, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Gloucester Royal Hospital, UK David Conn, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Tim Cook, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK Julius Cranshaw, Specialist Registrar, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK Adrian Dashfield, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management; Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Peninsular Medical School, Plymouth, UK Peter Davies, Consultant Anaesthetist, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK John Dean, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK James Eldridge, Consultant Anaesthetist, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK Rhys Evans, Reader, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Andrew Farmery, Fellow and Tutor in Physiology, Wadham College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Simon Galloway, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK Richard Griffiths, Consultant Anaesthetist, Peterborough Hospitals, UK Mark Hamilton, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Anaesthesia, UCL, London, UK Jeffrey Handel, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK Graham Hocking, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Kath Jenkins, Consultant Anaesthetist, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK Gavin Kenny, Professor and Head, University Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK Alexander Manara, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care,, Gloucester Royal Hospital Paul Marshall, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK Bruce McCormick, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Bristol School of Anaesthesia, Bristol, UK Andrew McIndoe, Consultant Anaesthetist, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK Quentin Milner, Consultant Anaesthetist, Exeter, UK Julia Munn, Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthetics, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Peter Murphy, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol, UK Monty Mythen, Portex Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University College London, London, UK Barry Nicholls, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK Jerry Nolan, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK Aidan O'Donnell, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthetics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Jonathan Purday, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Fred Roberts, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Anne Rossiter, Consultant Occupational Physician, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK Matt Rucklidge, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK John Saddler, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK David Sanders, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Babinder Sandhar, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Robert Self, Reserach Fellow, Centre for Anaesthesia, University College London Hospitals, London, UK Peter Shirley, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal London Hospital, London, UK Paul Sice, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Michael Sinclair, Consultant Anaesthetist, NDA, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Mark Stoneham, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Richard Telford, Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK Stephen Townley, Visiting Senior Registrar in Anaesthesia, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia David Walker, Research Fellow, Centre for Anaesthesia, University College London Hospitals, London, UK Jon Warwick, Consultant Anaesthetist, Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford, UK Gavin Werrett, Specialist Registrar, Torbay Hospital, Devon, UK Ralph Worms, Specialist Registrar, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK