Manual of Anaesthesia

CONTENTS

Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations

A. INTRODUCTION
1. Practical Considerations
2. Anaesthesia Preoperative Evaluation Clinic
3. Premedication Round
4. Perioperative Fluid Therapy
5. Perioperative Blood Transfusion
6. Perioperative Temperature Control
7. Checking the Anaesthetic Equipment
8. Monitoring in Anaesthesia
9. Common Drugs in Anaesthesia
10. Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit

B. CLINICAL CONDITIONS
11. Anaesthesia and Hypertension
12. Coronary Artery Disease and Anaesthesia for Non-cardiac Surgery
13. Anaesthesia in Valvular and Congenital Heart Diseases
14. Cardiac Pacemaker and Anaesthesia
15. Respiratory Disease and Anaesthesia
16. Anaesthesia and Renal Disease
17. Anaesthesia for Patients with Liver Disease
18. Anaesthesia in Neuromuscular Disease
19. Anaesthesia for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
20. Endocrine Disease and Anaesthesia
21. Anaesthesia for Patients with Connective Tissue Disorder
22. Anaesthesia and Obesity
23. Management of Patients with Coagulation Disorders
24. Prophylaxis Against Venous Thromboembolism
25. Difficult Airway Management
26. Anaesthesia for the Trauma Patient
27. Anaesthesia for Patients with Thermal Injury
28. Paediatric and Neonatal Anaesthesia
29. Anaesthesia in the Pregnant Surgical Patient
30. Anaesthetic Management of Preeclampsia
31. Anaesthesia and the Elderly

C. ANAESTHESIA FOR SPECIFIC SURGERY
32. Regional Anaesthetic Techniques I: Central Neuraxial Blockade
33. Regional Anaesthetic Techniques II: Neural Plexus and Nerve Blocks
34. Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section
35. Epidural Analgesia for Labour
36. Anaesthesia for Cardiac Surgery
37. Anaesthesia for Thoracic Surgery
38. Anaesthesia for Vascular Surgery
39. Anaesthesia for Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
40. Anaesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery
41. Anaesthesia for Urological Surgery
42. Anaesthesia at the Radiology Department
43. Anaesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy
44. Anaesthesia for Neurosurgery
45. Anaesthesia for Minimally Invasive Surgery
46. Anaesthesia for Orthopaedic Surgery
47. Anaesthesia for Long Surgical Procedures
48. Anaesthesia for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
49. Anaesthesia for Day-care Surgery
50. Anaesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

D. ISSUES IN ANAESTHESIA
51. Controlled Hypotensive Anaesthesia
52. Monitored Anaesthesia Care
53. Awareness and Depth of Anaesthesia Monitoring
54. Brain Death and Organ Donation
55. Autologous Blood Transfusion
56. Low-flow Anaesthesia
57. Total Intravenous Anaesthesia
58. Acute Pain Management
59. Chronic Pain Management
60. Quality Assurance in Anaesthesia

E. PROBLEMS IN ANAESTHESIA
61. Common Problems in Anaesthesia
62. Crisis Management: General Principles
63. Anaphylaxis/Anaphylactoid Reactions
64. Aspiration of Gastric Contents
65. Bronchospasm
66. Intraoperative Hypoxia
67. Postoperative Stridor
68. Perioperative Cardiac Arrhythmias
69. Cardiac Arrest
70. Intraoperative Hypotension
71. Intraoperative and Postoperative Hypertension
72. Malignant Hyperthermia
73. Oliguria
74. Postoperative Alteration in Mental Status
75. Seizures
76. Venous Air or Gas Embolism
Index