Description
Book SynopsisDay care surgery is a major surgical speciality and the care of the patient preoperatively and perioperatively is an important part of the anaesthetist's skills. This book addresses the practical and technical issues that the anaesthetist in training needs to know. It presents safe and effective practice in day care anaesthesia.
Table of ContentsContributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
1. Patient selection, assessment, and preparation (Jean M. Millar).
2. Principles of general anaesthesia (Alexander P. L. Goodwin).
3. Inhalation anaesthesia (Angela Freschini, Ian Smith).
4. Intravenous anaesthesia (John Peacock).
5. Regional anaesthesia (Johan Raeder).
6. Sedation (Glenda Rudkin).
7. Postoperative pain and emesis: a systematic approach (Jan Jakobsson).
8. Assessment of recovery, discharge, and late follow-up (Ian Jackson).
9. The pediatric day case (Dori Ann McCulloch).
10. The future of day surgery (Ian Smith).
Index.
