Essential Anesthesia

This is a concise, accessible introduction to the essentials of anesthesia, suitable for medical students, junior doctors, nurse anesthetists, and all operating theatre staff. It provides a brief, broad overview of the science and practice of anesthesia without overwhelming the reader with intimidating detail. The first section of the book describes the evaluation of the patient, the different approaches to anesthesia, and the postoperative care of the patient in pain. The next section introduces the essentials of physiology and pharmacology and their role in understanding the principles of anesthesia. The final section presents a step by step description of clinical cases, ranging from the simplest to the most complex. These clinical vignettes give a very real introduction to the practicalities of anesthesia and will give the non-anesthetist physician an idea of how to prepare a patient for a surgical procedure.

ISBN 0521536006   Pages 262 ISBN13 9780521536004 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 595 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Paperback   Series title Essential Medical Texts for Students and Trainees Publication date 02 Dec 2004   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress RD81 .E83 2004   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 617.96   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly

		Introduction : a very short history of anesthesia		1
Pt. I		Clinical management
1		Pre-operative evaluation		5
2		Airway management		24
3		Vascular access and fluid management		38
4		Regional anesthesia		54
5		General anesthesia		69
6		Post-operative care		76
7		Monitoring		89
8		The anesthesia machine		110
Pt. II		Applied physiology and pharmacology
9		Anesthesia and the cardiovascular system		119
10		Anesthesia and the lung		132
11		Anesthesia and other systems		153
12		A brief pharmacology related to anesthesia		165
Pt. III		Clinical cases
1		Breast biopsy under conscious sedation		209
2		Carpal tunnel release under Bier block		212
3		Cataract removal under MAC		215
4		Cesarean section under regional anesthesia		217
5		Gastric bypass under general anesthesia		221
6		AV shunt placement under peripheral nerve block		226
7		Open repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with coronary artery disease		229
8		Trauma patient under general anesthesia		233

'This book is sufficiently brief and succinct to be of interest to its targeted audience. At the same time it is sufficiently comprehensive and lucid to retain the lay person's interest, and impart a meaningful understanding of the practice and scope of anesthesiology. ... very well written and most appropriate for its intended audience. I recommend this book highly to medical students, junior doctors, and medical professionals in other disciplines who wish to acquire a good grasp of the essentials of anesthesiology.' Canadian Journal of Anesthesia '... 'a very short history of anesthesia' with just the right amount and substance of information to stir the interest of the curious reader, and sets the tone for this useful and concise introduction to the speciality. ... In their Preface, the authors declare that this primer 'is a concise, accessible introduction to the essentials of anesthesia suitable for medical students, junior doctors and all operating theater staff.' In this respect the authors have more than succeeded.' Hong Kong Medical Journal

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