Guidelines in Clinical Anaesthesia

This book examines the way in which coincidental diseases or other problems affect the process of anaesthesia, considerations which are becoming more important both as people live longer and as fewer patients are rejected as `unfit' for surgery. Chapters are arranged by organ system, and in each the background pathology and physiology of diseases are explored before the pre-, intra-, and post- operative care is discussed. The book is designed specifically for anaesthetists in training, and particularly those preparing for postgraduate examinations.