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1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY ...............................1
ALAN R. AITKENHEAD
2 INHALATIONAL ANAESTHETIC AGENTS .................................................14
MARY C. MUSHAMBI
3 INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHETIC AGENTS .................................................37
ALAN R. AITKENHEAD
4 LOCAL ANAESTHETIC AGENTS ..............56
GRAEME A. MCLEOD n TIM G. HALES
5 ANALGESIC DRUGS ................................69
LESLEY A. COLVIN
6 MUSCLE FUNCTION AND NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE .............87
JENNIFER M. HUNTER
7 SEDATIVE AND ANXIOLYTIC DRUGS .................................................105
MATTHEW WILES
8 DRUGS ACTING ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM .................116
JONATHAN P. THOMPSON
9 DRUGS ACTING ON THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ................................................155
ANDREW LUMB n SIMON FLOOD
10 DRUGS USED IN RENAL DISEASE .........168
JUSTIAAN C. SWANEVELDER
11 METABOLISM, THE STRESS RESPONSE TO SURGERY AND PERIOPERATIVE
THERMOREGULATION ........................180
CHARLES D. DEAKIN
12 FLUID, ELECTROLYTE AND ACID–BASE BALANCE .............................................199
GARETH WILLIAMS
13 HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION ................216
MARTIN BEED
14 BASIC PHYSICS FOR THE ANAESTHETIST ....................................236
PATRICK MAGEE
15 ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS ..................262
MARY C. MUSHAMBI n SATYA FRANCIS
16 CLINICAL MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING ......................................312
SIMON SCOTT
17 PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT AND PREMEDICATION .................................357
IAIN K. MOPPETT n ALAN R. AITKENHEAD
18 INTERCURRENT DISEASE AND ANAESTHESIA ......................................377
SUSAN NIMMO n GRAHAM R. NIMMO
19 CONSENT AND INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS .....................................422
IAIN K. MOPPETT n ALAN R. AITKENHEAD
20 THE OPERATING THEATRE ENVIRONMENT ....................................428
ALAN R. AITKENHEAD
21 THE PRACTICAL CONDUCT OF ANAESTHESIA.................................444
DAVID FELL n DAVID KIRKBRIDE
22 MANAGEMENT OF THE DIFFICULT AIRWAY ................................................462
TIM COOK n TOM SIMPSON
23 MANAGEMENT OF THE HIGH-RISK SURGICAL PATIENT ..............................497
JONATHAN WILSON
24 LOCAL ANAESTHETIC TECHNIQUES....514
DAVID M. COVENTRY
25 ANAESTHESIA FOR THE BARIATRIC PATIENT ...............................................550
NICHOLAS REYNOLDS
26 DAY-CASE ANAESTHESIA .....................560
JEREMY A. LANGTON
27 ANAESTHESIA FOR GYNAECOLOGICAL AND GENITOURINARY SURGERY .........568
MARTIN BEED
28 ANAESTHESIA FOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY ..............................................578
JONATHAN G. HARDMAN n NIGEL M. BEDFORTH
29 ANAESTHESIA FOR ENT, MAXILLOFACIAL AND DENTAL SURGERY .....................590
NICHOLAS J. CHESSHIRE
30 OPHTHALMIC ANAESTHESIA ...............601
CHANDRA KUMAR n SEAN WILLIAMSON
31 ANAESTHESIA FOR VASCULAR, ENDOCRINE AND PLASTIC SURGERY ....................620
JONATHAN P. THOMPSON
32 NEUROSURGICAL ANAESTHESIA .........640
MICHAEL H. NATHANSON
33 ANAESTHESIA FOR THORACIC SURGERY ..............................................657
DAVID J.R. DUTHIE
34 ANAESTHESIA FOR CARDIAC SURGERY ..............................................674
ANDREW KLEIN n JOSEPH E. ARROWSMITH
35 OBSTETRIC ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA ..........................................690
MELANIE DAVIES n DAVID G. BOGOD
36 PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA ..................731
ERIC DE MELO
37 EMERGENCY ANAESTHESIA .................751
RICHARD GRIFFITHS n JOHN DELOUGHRY
38 ANAESTHESIA OUTSIDE THE OPERATING THEATRE .........................769
SALLY HANCOCK
39 ANAESTHESIA FOR THE PATIENT WITH A TRANSPLANTED
ORGAN ................................................784
CHRISTOPHER SNOWDEN
40 POSTOPERATIVE CARE ........................794
ALAN R. AITKENHEAD
41 POSTOPERATIVE PAIN .........................822
K. ELAINE TIGHE
42 POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING ...................................843
CAMERON WEIR
43 COMPLICATIONS DURING ANAESTHESIA ......................................853
JONATHAN G. HARDMAN n NIGEL M. BEDFORTH
44 QUALITY AND SAFETY IN ANAESTHESIA .................................887
RAVI P. MAHAJAN n IAIN K. MOPPETT
45 THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT .................902
ANDREW BODENHAM n LORNA EYRE
46 MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN .....932
BEVERLY J. COLLETT n MARGARET BONE
47 RESUSCITATION ..................................948
JERRY P. NOLAN
Appendix A TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT
IN ANAESTHESIA .................................966
LIAM BRENNAN
Appendix B DATA, STATISTICS AND CLINICAL TRIALS .........................974
IAIN K. MOPPETT
Appendix C CLINICAL DATA ...................996
GERRIE VAN DER WALT n HANNAH KING
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