This highly successful textbook is internationally renowned as a core text for trainee anaesthetists and is essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar examinations. The previous 6th edition was awarded First Prize at the BMJ Medical Book awards.
The book provides full coverage of the sciences underpinning practice in anaesthesia, critical care and pain management together with details of clinical anaesthesia and perioperative care. In combining these aspects, anaesthetists new to the specialty have found the textbook particularly useful during the first few years of training as well as when preparing for professional examinations. It has also proved a valuable day-to-day reference for allied professionals such as operating department practitioners and physician assistants who need an understanding of clinical practice in anaesthesia and related specialties.
The goal for this Seventh Edition has remained to equip the reader with the basic knowledge and practical considerations required to administer anaesthesia and perioperative care for a whole range of surgical conditions in patients with all common medical comorbidities. Reflecting the expanding role of anaesthesia beyond the operating theatre it also includes essential material related to safety and quality assurance, consent, resuscitation, intensive care medicine, pre-hospital care and chronic pain management.
The content of each chapter is closely aligned to the syllabus of the primary FRCA examination. Sample online questions and answers are provided for each chapter and linked to the relevant part of each chapter.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title Page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. vii 6. Acknowledgements - p. x 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Learning Resources - p. e1 9. Section 1 Basic sciences - p. e46 10. Chapter 1 General principles of pharmacology - p. 2 11. Chapter 2 Data, statistics and clinical trials - p. 25 12. Chapter 3 anaesthetic agents and medical gases - p. 49 13. Chapter 4 Intravenous anaesthetic agents and sedatives - p. 66 14. Chapter 5 Local anaesthetic agents - p. 90 15. Chapter 6 Physiology and pharmacology of pain - p. 99 16. Chapter 7 Postoperative nausea and vomiting - p. 121 17. Chapter 8 Muscle function and neuromuscular blockade - p. 131 18. Chapter 9 Cardiovascular system - p. 147 19. Chapter 10 Respiratory system - p. 175 20. Chapter 11 Renal physiology - p. 200 21. Chapter 12 Fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance - p. 216 22. Chapter 13 Metabolism, the stress response to surgery and perioperative thermoregulation - p. 234 23. Chapter 14 Blood, coagulation and transfusion - p. 250 24. Section 2 Physics and apparatus - p. 264.e1 25. Chapter 15 Basic physics for the anaesthetist - p. 266 26. Chapter 16 Anaesthetic apparatus - p. 290 27. Chapter 17 Clinical measurement and monitoring - p. 323 28. Section 3 Fundamentals of anaesthesia & perioperative medicine - p. 360.e1 29. Chapter 18 Quality and safety in anaesthesia - p. 362 30. Chapter 19 Preoperative assessment and premedication - p. 379 31. Chapter 20 Intercurrent disease and anaesthesia - p. 400 32. Chapter 21 Consent and information for patients - p. 434 33. Chapter 22 The practical conduct of anaesthesia - p. 441 34. Chapter 23 Airway management - p. 456 35. Chapter 24 Pain - p. 507 36. Chapter 25 Regional anaesthetic techniques - p. 527 37. Chapter 26 Complications arising from anaesthesia - p. 558 38. Chapter 27 Management of critical incidents - p. 572 39. Chapter 28 Resuscitation - p. 601 40. Chapter 29 Postoperative and recovery room care - p. 617 41. Section 4 Clinical anaesthesia - p. 636.e1 42. Chapter 30 Managing the high-risk surgical patient - p. 638 43. Chapter 31 Surgery under anaesthesia for the older surgical patient - p. 646 44. Chapter 32 Anaesthesia for the obese patient - p. 656 45. Chapter 33 Paediatric anaesthesia - p. 666 46. Chapter 34 Anaesthesia for day surgery - p. 682 47. Chapter 35 Anaesthesia for general, gynaecological and genitourinary surgery - p. 689 48. Chapter 36 Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery - p. 700 49. Chapter 37 Anaesthesia for ENT, maxillofacial and dental surgery - p. 710 50. Chapter 38 Ophthalmic anaesthesia - p. 722 51. Chapter 39 Anaesthesia for vascular, endocrine and plastic surgery - p. 738 52. Chapter 40 Neurosurgical anaesthesia - p. 755 53. Chapter 41 Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery - p. 772 54. Chapter 42 Anaesthesia for cardiac surgery - p. 785 55. Chapter 43 Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia - p. 800 56. Chapter 44 Emergency and trauma anaesthesia - p. 831 57. Chapter 45 Anaesthesia in resource-poor areas - p. 850 58. Chapter 46 Anaesthesia outside the operating theatre - p. 859 59. Chapter 47 Anaesthesia and organ transplantation - p. 868 60. Chapter 48 The intensive care unit - p. 879 61. Index - p. 907
This highly successful textbook is internationally renowned as a core text for trainee anaesthetists and is essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar examinations. The previous 6th edition was awarded First Prize at the BMJ Medical Book awards.
The book provides full coverage of the sciences underpinning practice in anaesthesia, critical care and pain management together with details of clinical anaesthesia and perioperative care. In combining these aspects, anaesthetists new to the specialty have found the textbook particularly useful during the first few years of training as well as when preparing for professional examinations. It has also proved a valuable day-to-day reference for allied professionals such as operating department practitioners and physician assistants who need an understanding of clinical practice in anaesthesia and related specialties.
The goal for this Seventh Edition has remained to equip the reader with the basic knowledge and practical considerations required to administer anaesthesia and perioperative care for a whole range of surgical conditions in patients with all common medical comorbidities. Reflecting the expanding role of anaesthesia beyond the operating theatre it also includes essential material related to safety and quality assurance, consent, resuscitation, intensive care medicine, pre-hospital care and chronic pain management.
The content of each chapter is closely aligned to the syllabus of the primary FRCA examination. Sample online questions and answers are provided for each chapter and linked to the relevant part of each chapter.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title Page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of Contributors - p. vii 6. Acknowledgements - p. x 7. Preface - p. xi 8. Learning Resources - p. e1 9. Section 1 Basic sciences - p. e46 10. Chapter 1 General principles of pharmacology - p. 2 11. Chapter 2 Data, statistics and clinical trials - p. 25 12. Chapter 3 anaesthetic agents and medical gases - p. 49 13. Chapter 4 Intravenous anaesthetic agents and sedatives - p. 66 14. Chapter 5 Local anaesthetic agents - p. 90 15. Chapter 6 Physiology and pharmacology of pain - p. 99 16. Chapter 7 Postoperative nausea and vomiting - p. 121 17. Chapter 8 Muscle function and neuromuscular blockade - p. 131 18. Chapter 9 Cardiovascular system - p. 147 19. Chapter 10 Respiratory system - p. 175 20. Chapter 11 Renal physiology - p. 200 21. Chapter 12 Fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance - p. 216 22. Chapter 13 Metabolism, the stress response to surgery and perioperative thermoregulation - p. 234 23. Chapter 14 Blood, coagulation and transfusion - p. 250 24. Section 2 Physics and apparatus - p. 264.e1 25. Chapter 15 Basic physics for the anaesthetist - p. 266 26. Chapter 16 Anaesthetic apparatus - p. 290 27. Chapter 17 Clinical measurement and monitoring - p. 323 28. Section 3 Fundamentals of anaesthesia & perioperative medicine - p. 360.e1 29. Chapter 18 Quality and safety in anaesthesia - p. 362 30. Chapter 19 Preoperative assessment and premedication - p. 379 31. Chapter 20 Intercurrent disease and anaesthesia - p. 400 32. Chapter 21 Consent and information for patients - p. 434 33. Chapter 22 The practical conduct of anaesthesia - p. 441 34. Chapter 23 Airway management - p. 456 35. Chapter 24 Pain - p. 507 36. Chapter 25 Regional anaesthetic techniques - p. 527 37. Chapter 26 Complications arising from anaesthesia - p. 558 38. Chapter 27 Management of critical incidents - p. 572 39. Chapter 28 Resuscitation - p. 601 40. Chapter 29 Postoperative and recovery room care - p. 617 41. Section 4 Clinical anaesthesia - p. 636.e1 42. Chapter 30 Managing the high-risk surgical patient - p. 638 43. Chapter 31 Surgery under anaesthesia for the older surgical patient - p. 646 44. Chapter 32 Anaesthesia for the obese patient - p. 656 45. Chapter 33 Paediatric anaesthesia - p. 666 46. Chapter 34 Anaesthesia for day surgery - p. 682 47. Chapter 35 Anaesthesia for general, gynaecological and genitourinary surgery - p. 689 48. Chapter 36 Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery - p. 700 49. Chapter 37 Anaesthesia for ENT, maxillofacial and dental surgery - p. 710 50. Chapter 38 Ophthalmic anaesthesia - p. 722 51. Chapter 39 Anaesthesia for vascular, endocrine and plastic surgery - p. 738 52. Chapter 40 Neurosurgical anaesthesia - p. 755 53. Chapter 41 Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery - p. 772 54. Chapter 42 Anaesthesia for cardiac surgery - p. 785 55. Chapter 43 Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia - p. 800 56. Chapter 44 Emergency and trauma anaesthesia - p. 831 57. Chapter 45 Anaesthesia in resource-poor areas - p. 850 58. Chapter 46 Anaesthesia outside the operating theatre - p. 859 59. Chapter 47 Anaesthesia and organ transplantation - p. 868 60. Chapter 48 The intensive care unit - p. 879 61. Index - p. 907
