La tercera edición actualizada y revisada de este manual en el 2006 le ha sido incorporada información actualizada para la enseñanza de la anestesia. Incluye varios capítulos de interés:
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1–6
Chapter 1 Principles and history of anaesthesia 1
SECTION 2 BASIC SCIENCES IN RELATION 7-80
TO ANAESTHESIA
Chapter 2 Anatomy of the respiratory tract in relation 7
to anaesthesia
Chapter 3 Respiratory physiology 17
Chapter 4 Cardiovascular physiology 35
Chapter 5 The somatic and autonomic nervous systems 49
Chapter 6 Pharmacology in relation to anaesthesia 57
SECTION 3 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 81–178
OF ANAESTHESIA
Chapter 7 Preoperative care 81
Chapter 8 The airway and its maintenance 97
Chapter 9 LMA and endotracheal intubation 107
Chapter 10 Artificial ventilation of the lungs 135
Chapter 11 Inhalational anaesthetic agents 141
Chapter 12 Muscle relaxants and anaesthesia 165
SECTION 4 LOW COST EQUIPMENT 179–210
AND LOW COST TECHNIQUES
Chapter 13 Low cost equipment 179
• The EMO vaporiser 180
• The Oxford inflating bellows 184
• Other low cost vaporisers. 189
Chapter 14 Low cost techniques: 195
• Using the EMO and controlled ventilation 196
• Using the OMV and controlled ventilation 204
• Ketamine/relaxant anaesthesia and 207
controlled ventilation
• Ketamine as a sole anaesthetic 208
SECTION 5 CONVENTIONAL EQUIPMENT 211–238
AND TECHNIQUES
Chapter 15 Conventional equipment 211
• The anaesthetic machine – Boyle’s machine
Chapter 16 Conventional techniques 227
• Techniques of general anaesthesia using the
Boyle’s machine
SECTION 6 REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA 239–286
Chapter 17 The pharmacology of local anaesthetic drugs 239 Chapter 18 Selected local anaesthetic techniques 245
• Axillary block 249
• Intravenous lignocaine block 252
• Field block for herniorrhaphy 254
• Penile block 257
• Digital nerve block 258
• Caudal block 259
Chapter 19 Spinal anaesthesia 263
SECTION 7 ANAESTHESIA FOR SPECIAL 287-422
TYPES OF SURGERY
Chapter 20 Paediatric anaesthesia 287
Chapter 21 Obstetric anaesthesia 313
Chapter 22 Anaesthesia for neurosurgery 343
Chapter 23 Anaesthesia for eye surgery 351
Chapter 24 Anaesthesia for ear, nose and throat surgery 365
Chapter 25 Anaesthesia for dental surgery 375
Chapter 26 Anaesthesia for thyroid surgery 389
Chapter 27 Anaesthesia for chest surgery 397
Chapter 28 Anaesthesia for abdominal surgery 403
Chapter 29 Anaesthesia for urology 407
Chapter 30 Anaesthesia for gynaecology 413
Chapter 31 Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery 417
SECTION 8 ANAESTHESIA AND THE 423- 502
MEDICAL STATE OF THE PATIENT
Chapter 32 Anaesthesia and anaemia 423
Chapter 33 Anaesthesia and diseases common in developing 427
countries
Chapter 34 Anaesthesia and cardiac disease 439
Chapter 35 Anaesthesia and respiratory disease 445
Chapter 36 Anaesthesia and the elderly 451
Chapter 37 Anaesthesia and renal disease 455
Chapter 38 Anaesthesia and liver disease 459
Chapter 39 Anaesthesia and diabetes mellitus 461
Chapter 40 Anaesthesia and adrenal insufficiency 467
(including steroid replacement therapy)
Chapter 41 Anaesthesia and obesity 471
Chapter 42 Anaesthesia and the burned Patient 475
Chapter 43 Anaesthesia and uncommon diseases 481
Chapter 44 Anaesthesia and the AIDS patient 493
Chapter 45 Anaesthesia for surgical emergencies 497
(including major trauma)
SECTION 9 ANAESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM 503–528
Chapter 46 Complications and treatment
• Cardiovascular complications 504
• Respiratory complications 510
• Gastrointestinal complications 519
• Urinary complications 524
• Neurological complications 525
• Opthalmological complications 526
• Others 526
SECTION 10 TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE 529-684
ANAESTHETIST
Chapter 47 Venepuncture and its technique 529
Chapter 48 Intravenous fluid therapy 535
Chapter 49 Blood transfusion/autotransfusion 547
Chapter 50 Monitoring during anaesthesia 573
Chapter 51 Hypothermia 585
Chapter 52 Shock 591
Chapter 53 The recovery room 601
Chapter 54 Oxygen therapy 605
Chapter 55 Acute pain relief 611
Chapter 56 Chest physiotherapy 629
Chapter 57 Respiratory failure 633
Chapter 58 Cardio pulmonary resuscitation 637
Chapter 59 Acid-base balance 647
Chapter 60 Cleaning and sterilization 655
Chapter 61 Hazards in the operating theatre 661
Chapter 62 Do’s and don’ts and some common problems
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