5th Edition
Handbook of Clinical Anaesthesia
Preface
Contributors
List of Abbreviations
PART ONE: Patient conditions
1. Respiratory system
Mohammed Attia
2. Cardiovascular system
Rahul Norawat
3. Central nervous system
Eleanor Chapman
4. Gastrointestinal tract
Matthew James Jackson
5. Genitourinary tract
Kailash Bhatia, Brian J Pollard, Gareth Kitchen
6. GU tract
Ryan Barter, Brian J Pollard, Gareth Kitchen
7. The Blood
Thomas Heaton
8. Bones and joints
Matthew Palethorpe, Brian J Pollard, Gareth Kitchen
9. Connective tissue
Ioan Pah
PART TWO: Surgical Procedures
10. Abdominal surgery
Saarth Shiralkar, Katherine Turner
11. Gynaecological surgery
Nathan Betteridge, Amy Hobbs, Sophie Kimber Craig, Patrick Ross
12. Obstetrics
Kirsty Maclennan, Katherine Turner
13. Urology
Matthew James Jackson
14. Neuro Anaesthesia
Eleanor Chapman
15. Thoracic surgery
Mike Charlesworth
16. Cardiac surgery
Mike Charlesworth
17. Vascular Surgery
Hannah Greenlee
18. Ophthalmic surgery
Pavan Kochhar
19. ENT surgery
Ross Macnab
20. Head and Neck Surgery
Ross Macnab
21. Plastic surgery
Richard Lowe, Emma Hodgin
22. Orthopaedics
Robert Loveridge
23. Transplantation
Kailash Bhatia, Richard Wadsworth, Greg Cook
24. Paediatrics
Vimmi Oshan
PART THREE: Anaesthetic Factors
25. Preoperative assessment
Matt Palethorpe
26. Airway
Benjamin Robinson
27. Equipment and Monitoring
Miranda Davies, Alexander Al-Shaikh
28. Techniques
Alexander Al-Shaikh, Miranda Davies, Simon Stacey, Baha Al-Shaikh
29. Regional Anaesthesia
David Howe
30. Management problems
Clifford Shelton and Lisa Wee
31. Anaesthesia, the environment and sustainability
Max Clayton-Smith
Biography
Gareth B. Kitchen MBChB, PhD, FRCA is NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer and Consultant Anaesthetist at The University of Manchester, UK.
Brian J. Pollard BPharm MBChB, MD, FRCA is Emeritus Professor of Medical Education, formerly Professor of Anaesthesia, Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensivist, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
