Abdominal Compartment Syndrome .......................................................................26 Acute Kidney Injury ................................................................................................28 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ..................................................................... 32 Airway Assessment ..................................................................................................34 Bleeding Disorders ...................................................................................................36 Brain-Stem Death ..................................................................................................... 38 Burns ........................................................................................................................40 Cardiovascular Effects of Aortic Cross-Clamping ................................................... 42 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.................................................................. 43 Epidural Analgesia ...................................................................................................44 Fluids........................................................................................................................46 Haemostasis .............................................................................................................48 Haemostatic Agents .................................................................................................50 Hepatorenal Syndrome ............................................................................................. 51 Hyponatraemia ......................................................................................................... 53 Inotropes and Monitoring ........................................................................................54 Levels of Care .......................................................................................................... 56 Local Anaesthetics ................................................................................................... 58 Massive Blood Transfusion ......................................................................................60 Nosocomial Infections ............................................................................................. 63 Nutrition ...................................................................................................................66 Organ Donation ........................................................................................................68 Oxygen Delivery ......................................................................................................69 Postoperative Analgesia ........................................................................................... 71 Principles of General Anaesthesia ........................................................................... 72 Pulse Oximetry ......................................................................................................... 74 Respiratory Failure ................................................................................................... 75 Systemic Response to Surgery ................................................................................. 78 Tracheostomy ........................................................................................................... 82 Reference .................................................................................................................84