Anaesthesia at a Glance

Preface 4 How to use your textbook 5 About the companion website 8 Abbreviations 9 1 History of anaesthesia 10 2 Monitoring 12 3 Equipment 14 4 Airway devices 16 5 Fluid management 18 6 Preoperative preparation of the patient for surgery 21 7 Temperature regulation 24 8 The perioperative patient journey 26 9 General anaesthesia - inhalational anaesthetics 28 10 General anaesthesia - intravenous anaesthetics 30 11 Local anaesthetics 32 12 Neuromuscular blocking drugs 34 13 Acute pain 36 14 Postoperative nausea and vomiting 38 15 Chronic pain 40 16 The airway 42 17 Emergency anaesthesia 44 18 Obstetric anaesthesia 46 19 Ophthalmic anaesthesia 48 20 Paediatric anaesthesia 50 21 Cardiac and thoracic anaesthesia 52 22 Regional anaesthesia 54 23 Anaesthetic emergencies in the operating theatre 56 24 Anaesthetic emergencies in the wider hospital 59 25 Trauma 62 26 Orthopaedic anaesthesia 64 27 Anaesthesia and obesity 67 28 Anaesthesia and old age 70 29 Anaesthesia and diabetes 72 30 Anaesthesia for vascular surgery 74 31 Anaesthesia for ENT and maxillofacial surgery 76 32 Awareness 78 33 Anaesthesia for ECT, dental surgery and special needs 80 34 Postoperative management 82 35 Anaesthesia away from the hospital setting 84 Index 8