Smith and Aitkenhead's textbook of anaesthesia /
Textbook of anaesthesia
edited by Jonathan Thompson, Iain Moppett, Matthew Wiles.
- 7th edition.
- xii, 948 p. : ill. (some col. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Section 1. Basic Sciences 1. General principles of pharmacology 2. Data, statistics and clinical trials 3. Inhalational anaesthetics and medical gases 4. Intravenous anaesthetics and sedatives 5. Local anaesthetics 6. Pain 7. Nausea and vomiting 8. Muscle function and neuromuscular blockade 9. Cardiovascular system 10. Respiratory system 11. Renal system 12. Fluid, electrolyte and acid–base balance 13. Metabolism, the stress response and thermoregulation 14. Blood, coagulation and transfusion
Section 2. Physics and Apparatus 15. Basic physics 16. Equipment 17. Clinical measurement and monitoring
Section 3. Fundamentals of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine 18. Quality and safety 19. Preoperative assessment 20. Coexisting disease 21. Consent and information 22. The practical conduct of anaesthesia 23. Airway management 24. Pain management 25. Local and regional anaesthesia 26. Complications 27. Management of critical incidents 28. Resuscitation 29. Postoperative care
Section 4. Clinical Anaesthesia 30. The high-risk surgical patient 31. The older surgical patient 32. The obese patient 33. Paediatric anaesthesia 34. Day surgery 35. General, gynaecological and genitourinary surgery 36. Orthopaedic surgery 37. ENT, maxillofacial and dental surgery 38. Ophthalmic surgery 39. Vascular, endocrine and plastic surgery 40. Neurosurgery 41. Thoracic surgery 42. Cardiac surgery 43. Obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia 44. Emergency and trauma surgery 45. Anaesthesia in low and middle-income areas 46. Anaesthesia outside the operating theatre 47. Organ transplantation 48. Intensive care medicine