Fundamentals of Anaesthesia

Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the fourth edition; How to use this book; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I. Clinical Anaesthesia: 1. Preoperative management Gwenda Cavill and Karen Kerr; 2. Conduct of anaesthesia Chris Mowatt; 3. Intraoperative management Chris Mowatt; 4. Postoperative management Tina McLeod; 5. Special patient circumstances Colin Pinnock, Robert M. Haden and Daniel H. Bailey; 6. The surgical insult Colin Pinnock and Robert M. Haden; 7. Regional anaesthesia H. Barrie J. Fischer and Oscar Domingo i Bosch; 8. Principles of resuscitation Anita J. Stronach; 9. Major trauma Jerry P. Nolan; Part II. Physiology: 10. Cellular physiology Ted Lin; 11. Body fluids Mahesh Chaudhari; 12. Haematology and immunology Ted Lin and J. R. Neilson; 13. Muscle physiology Edwin Mitchell; 14. Cardiac physiology Justiaan L. C. Swanevelder; 15. Physiology of the circulation Ted Lin; 16. Renal physiology Alexander Ng; 17. Respiratory physiology Balraj L. Appadu and Ted Lin; 18. Physiology of the nervous system Peter J. Featherstone, Anand M. Sardesai and Arun K. Gupta; 19. Physiology of pain Ted Lin; 20. Gastrointestinal physiology Matthew Faulds and Nick Morgan-Hughes; 21. Metabolism and temperature regulation Smita Gohil and Ted Lin; 22. Endocrine physiology Josephine M. James; 23. Physiology of pregnancy Mary C. Mushambi; 24. Fetal and newborn physiology Andrew R. Wolf; Part III. Pharmacology: 25. Physical chemistry Tim Smith; 26. Pharmacodynamics Tim Smith; 27. Pharmacokinetics Tim Smith; 28. Mechanisms of drug actions Sue A. Hill; 29. Anaesthetic gases and vapours Tim Smith; 30. Hypnotics and IV anaesthetic drugs Tim Smith; 31. Analgesic drugs I. Power and M. Paleologos; 32. Neuromuscular blocking agents Tim Smith; 33. Local anaesthetic agents Tim Smith; 34. CNS pharmacology Tim Smith; 35. ANS pharmacology Tim Smith; 36. Cardiovascular pharmacology Tim Smith; 37. Respiratory pharmacology Tim Smith; 38. Endocrine pharmacology Tim Smith; 39. Gastrointestinal pharmacology Tim Smith; 40. Intravenous fluids Tim Smith; 41. Pharmacology of haemostasis Tim Smith; 42. Antimicrobial therapy Jim Stone; 43. Clinical trials and basic statistics Leon A. G. Vries and Ted Lin; Part IV. Physics and Clinical Measurement: 44. Applied physics Ted Lin and Rajani Annamaneni; 45. Clinical measurement Ted Lin and Rajani Annamaneni; 46. Anaesthetic equipment Ted Lin and Rajani Annamaneni; Index.