ABSTRACT

This completely revised and updated edition of Key Topics in Anaesthesia contains essential information on over 100 major subjects pertinent to modern clinical practice in anaesthesia. The uniform, systematic structure of the text is designed to encourage a problem-based approach to clinical scenarios. The book is the ideal revision aid for trainee

chapter |3 pages

ABDOMINAL PAIN

chapter |5 pages

ABDOMINAL TRAUMA

chapter |3 pages

ACUTE LIMB ISCHAEMIA

chapter |7 pages

ACUTE MONOARTHRITIS

chapter |4 pages

ACUTE PANCREATITIS

chapter |4 pages

ADDER BITES

chapter |3 pages

AIRWAY

chapter |6 pages

ANALGESIA

Elizabeth Jones

chapter |5 pages

ANAPHYLAXIS

chapter |5 pages

ANKLE SPRAIN

chapter |2 pages

ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN

chapter |3 pages

ANTIBIOTICS

chapter |4 pages

ANTIDOTES

chapter |3 pages

ASTHMA

chapter |3 pages

BABY CHECK

chapter |3 pages

BACK PAIN

chapter |3 pages

Bites and evenomations

chapter |4 pages

BURNS

Mark Poulden

chapter |2 pages

CALF PAIN—MUSCULOSKELETAL CAUSES

chapter |4 pages

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

chapter |5 pages

CEREBROVASCULAR SYNDROME—ACUTE

chapter |2 pages

CERVICAL SPINE—ACUTE NECK SPRAIN

chapter |5 pages

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

chapter |4 pages

COMA

chapter |3 pages

COMPARTMENT SYNDROME

chapter |10 pages

CORE CURRICULUM

chapter |4 pages

CPR–newborn

chapter |3 pages

CS GAS INJURY

chapter |4 pages

DIABETIC EMERGENCIES

chapter |3 pages

DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS

chapter |3 pages

Drowning and near drowning

chapter |6 pages

EAR, NOSE AND THROAT

chapter |4 pages

ECLAMPSIA

chapter |4 pages

Ecstacy

chapter |2 pages

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

chapter |4 pages

ELECTRICAL INJURY

chapter |5 pages

ENDOCRINE EMERGENCIES

chapter |2 pages

FACTITIOUS DISORDERS

chapter |2 pages

FEBRILE CONVULSION

chapter |3 pages

FRACTURES—PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT

chapter |2 pages

Gamma—hydroxybutyrate (GHB)

chapter |4 pages

GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE—UPPER

chapter |4 pages

GENITOURINARY TRAUMA

chapter |3 pages

GYNAECOLOGY

chapter |2 pages

HAEMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

D Burke

chapter |7 pages

HEAD INJURY

chapter |3 pages

HEART FAILURE

chapter |3 pages

HEAT ILLNESS

chapter |6 pages

INFECTIOUS GASTROENTERITIS

chapter |2 pages

Inhalational injuries

chapter |3 pages

INTERHOSPITAL TRANSFER

chapter |3 pages

INTRAOSSEOUS INFUSION

chapter |4 pages

INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS

chapter |3 pages

LIMPING CHILD

chapter |6 pages

LOCAL ANAESTHESIA

Elizabeth Jones

chapter |2 pages

MAJOR INCIDENT PLANNING

Mark Poulden

chapter |5 pages

MAJOR INJURIES—INITIAL MANAGEMENT

chapter |5 pages

MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE POISONING

chapter |5 pages

MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY

D Burke

chapter |6 pages

MENINGITIS

chapter |4 pages

MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE

chapter |2 pages

MISSILE INJURIES

chapter |4 pages

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Liam Penny

chapter |5 pages

OBSTETRIC EMERGENCIES

chapter |6 pages

Opthalmic emergencies

chapter |2 pages

ORGAN DONATION

chapter |2 pages

OVERUSE INJURY

chapter |5 pages

PARACETAMOL

chapter |3 pages

PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY

chapter |4 pages

Pneunothorax—spontaneous

chapter |3 pages

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

chapter |3 pages

RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION

chapter |3 pages

SCAPHOID FRACTURE

chapter |3 pages

SEDATION

chapter |2 pages

SEPTIC ARTHRITIS

chapter |4 pages

SHOCK

chapter |3 pages

SHOULDER DISLOCATION

chapter |2 pages

SHOULDER PROBLEMS—SOFT TISSUE

chapter |4 pages

SICKLE CELL DISEASE

chapter |2 pages

SINGLE-DOSE ACTIVATED CHARCOAL

chapter |5 pages

SPINE AND SPINAL CORD TRAUMA

chapter |3 pages

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

chapter |2 pages

SYNCOPE

chapter |3 pages

TETANUS

R J Evans

chapter |3 pages

THORACIC TRAUMA

chapter |9 pages

TRANSFUSION REACTIONS

chapter |3 pages

UROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

chapter |4 pages

WRIST INJURY