Hazards and Errors in Anaesthesia

This book has a twofold purpose, first to provide information for beginners about the pitalls and hazards of anaesthesia and second to help the occasional anaesthetist in remote areas when confronted with requests to anaesthetise for unfamiliar surgical operations. The book is not intended to replac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkin, D. A. B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 1980, 1980
Edition:1st ed. 1980
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Pre-operative Assessment, Medicolegal and Occupational Hazards
  • 1 General Considerations
  • 2 Cardiovascular Disease
  • 3 Respiratory Disease
  • 4 Haematological Disorders
  • 5 Muscular Disorders
  • 6 Other Intercurrent Diseases
  • 7 Adverse Reactions Due to Drug Therapy
  • 8 Medicolegal Hazards
  • 9 Occupational Hazards
  • II Considerations Relevant to All Procedures
  • 10 Preparation and Use of Anaesthetic Apparatus
  • 11 Fires, Explosions and Electric Shock
  • 12 Induction
  • 13 Muscle Relaxants
  • 14 Endotracheal Intubation
  • 15 Positioning Patients for Surgery
  • 16 Maintenance of Anaesthesia
  • 17 Local Analgesia
  • 18 Cardiovascular Hazards
  • 19 Controlled Hypotension
  • 20 Intravenous Therapy and Central Venous Pressure Lines
  • 21 Blood Transfusion
  • 22 Recovery
  • 23 Cardiac Arrest
  • 24 Intensive Care
  • III Emergency Surgery
  • 25 Stomach Content
  • 26 Shock: Vascular Responses to Injury, Haemorrhage and Infection
  • 27 Disturbances of Fluid, Electrolytes and Acid-Base Balance
  • 28 Common Emergency Procedures
  • IV Individual Types of Procedure
  • 29 Abdominal Surgery
  • 30 Gynaecological Surgery
  • 31 Operative Obstetrics
  • 32 Urological Surgery
  • 33 Orthopaedic Surgery
  • 34 Neurosurgery
  • 35 Ear, Nose and Throat and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • 36 Paediatric Surgery
  • 37 Dental Surgery
  • 38 Ophthalmic Surgery
  • 39 Burns
  • 40 Thoracic Surgery
  • 41 Vascular Surgery
  • 42 Miscellaneous Surgical Procedures
  • 43 Endoscopy
  • 44 Radiological Departments
  • 45 Cardiac Departments
  • 46 Day Surgery
  • Selective Bibliography