Anaesthesia at a Glance.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- How to use your textbook -- About the companion website -- Abbreviations -- 1: History of anaesthesia -- First documented anaesthetic -- Ether and chloroform -- Anaesthesia as a medical specialty -- The development and use of local anaesthetics -- Typical career path in anaesthesia -- Useful links -- 2: Monitoring -- Electrocardiography (ECG) -- Oximetry -- Blood pressure (BP) and cardiac output (Figure 5.4) -- Gas analysis -- End tidal CO2 (ETCO2) monitoring -- Airway pressure -- Central venous pressure (CVP) -- 3: Equipment -- Anaesthetic machine -- Vaporizer -- Safety features -- Breathing circuits -- Laryngoscopes -- 4: Airway devices -- Supraglottic devices -- Simple oral (Guedel) airway -- Simple nasopharyngeal airway -- Laryngeal mask airway (Figure 4.2) -- Infraglottic devices -- Emergency airway devices -- 5: Fluid management -- Fluid compartments -- Intravenous fluids -- Fluid prescribing -- Assessment of fluid status -- 6: Preoperative preparation of the patient for surgery -- Timing of surgery -- Assessment of risk -- Preoperative assessment clinics -- History and examination -- Preoperative tests -- Perioperative medication -- Fasting -- Preoperative care -- Arrival in theatre -- 7: Temperature regulation -- Consequences of hypothermia -- Monitoring temperature during anaesthesia -- Maintaining temperature during anaesthesia (Figure 7.3) -- Postoperative shivering -- 8: The perioperative patient journey -- Preoperative stage -- Intraoperative stage -- Postoperative stage -- 9: General anaesthesia - inhalational anaesthetics -- Minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) -- General effects -- Isoflurane (Figure 9.1(a)) -- Sevoflurane (Figure 9.1(b)) -- Desflurane (Figure 9.1(c)) -- Halothane (Figure 9.1(d)) -- Nitrous oxide -- Oxygen -- Xenon.

10: General anaesthesia - intravenous anaesthetics -- Propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) -- Thiopental -- Benzodiazepines (e.g. midazolam) -- Ketamine -- Etomidate -- 11: Local anaesthetics -- Uses -- Mechanism of action -- Speed of onset of action -- Duration of action -- Toxicity -- Other side effects -- Eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (EMLA) and intravenous regional anaesthesia (IVRA) -- 12: Neuromuscular blocking drugs -- Depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs (NMBDs) - suxamethonium -- Non-depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs -- Monitoring of muscle paralysis -- 13: Acute pain -- Pain management -- 14: Postoperative nausea and vomiting -- Mechanism -- Treatment -- Drug treatment -- Non-pharmacological treatment -- Management -- 15: Chronic pain -- Neuropathic pain -- Chronic back pain -- Neck pain -- Fibromyalgia (FMS) and myofascial (MFS) syndromes -- Headache and facial pain -- 16: The airway -- Airway assessment -- Management of the airway (basic) -- The expected difficult airway -- The unexpected difficult airway -- Unstable neck -- 17: Emergency anaesthesia -- What is an emergency? -- Resuscitation -- Signs of an adequately resuscitated patient -- Gastric emptying -- Preparing a patient for emergency surgery -- Postoperative care -- Patients in extremis -- 18: Obstetric anaesthesia -- Epidurals for pain relief in labour -- What solution is used in the epidural? -- What are the side effects/risks? (Table 18.1, Figure 18.3) -- Lower segment Caesarean section -- LSCS - regional anaesthesia -- LSCS - general anaesthesia -- Other areas -- Pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and HELLP syndrome -- Haemorrhage -- Risks -- 19: Ophthalmic anaesthesia -- Cataract surgery -- Squint surgery -- Vitreoretinal surgery -- Penetrating eye injury -- Problems in ophthalmic anaesthesia -- 20: Paediatric anaesthesia -- Anaesthetic management of children.

Preoperative assessment -- Induction of anaesthesia -- Maintenance of anaesthesia -- Reversal of anaesthesia -- Areas of interest -- The airway -- Pain control -- Intravenous fluids -- Thermoregulation -- Drug handling -- 21: Cardiac and thoracic anaesthesia -- Cardiac anaesthesia -- Preoperative preparation -- Peroperative management -- Postoperative management -- Thoracic surgery -- Management of patients undergoing major thoracic surgery -- 22: Regional anaesthesia -- Central (neuraxial) blockade -- Spinal block -- Epidural block -- Combined spinal epidural -- Nerve plexus blockade -- Some common nerve blocks -- 23: Anaesthetic emergencies in the operating theatre -- Aspiration -- Air embolism -- Laryngospasm -- Failed or difficult intubation -- Malignant hyperthermia (MH) -- 24: Anaesthetic emergencies in the wider hospital -- Anaphylaxis -- Cardiac arrest -- Status asthmaticus -- Choking/airway obstruction -- 25: Trauma -- Primary survey -- Secondary survey -- Investigations -- 26: Orthopaedic anaesthesia -- Preoperative care -- Assessment -- Medical conditions -- Peroperative care -- Positioning -- Infection -- Fat embolism syndrome (FES) -- Bone cement implantation syndrome (BCIS) -- Regional and central blocks -- Tourniquets -- Postoperative care -- Pain -- Thromboprophylaxis -- 27: Anaesthesia and obesity -- Fat distribution -- Respiratory system -- Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) -- Difficult intubation -- Ventilation -- Cardiovascular system -- Other factors -- Anaesthetic management -- 28: Anaesthesia and old age -- Anaesthetic management of elderly patients -- Preoperative care -- Induction of anaesthesia -- General or regional? -- Fluid management -- Temperature -- Postoperative care (see Chapter 34) -- 29: Anaesthesia and diabetes -- General management of blood glucose in patients with diabetes -- Insulin.

Management of blood glucose for diabetic patients undergoing surgery -- General management of diabetic patients undergoing surgery -- Conduct of anaesthesia -- Postoperative care -- 30: Anaesthesia for vascular surgery -- Preoperative assessment -- Preoperative treatment -- Postoperative care -- Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA): a common vascular emergency -- 31: Anaesthesia for ENT and maxillofacial surgery -- Preoperative assessment -- Airway -- Peroperative considerations -- Special areas -- Reducing blood loss -- Laser surgery -- Free flap surgery (Table 31.4) -- Emergency surgery -- Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage -- Airway obstruction (Table 31.4) -- 32: Awareness -- Causes of awareness -- Patients at risk of awareness -- Methods of assessment and measurement -- 33: Anaesthesia for ECT, dental surgery and special needs -- Anaesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy -- Remote location -- Consent -- Co-morbidities -- The anaesthetic -- Physiological effects of ECT -- Anaesthesia for dental surgery -- Shared airway -- Protection of the airway -- Difficult airways -- Chair dental surgery -- Anaesthesia for those with special needs -- Consent -- Co-morbidities -- Conduct of anaesthesia -- Proposed surgery -- 34: Postoperative management -- Analgesia -- Fluids -- Referral to high dependency unit/intensive care unit -- Early warning scores (EWS) -- Oxygen therapy -- Others -- 35: Anaesthesia away from the hospital setting -- Trauma -- Battle scenarios -- Index -- EULA.

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