Safe Anaesthesia Manual

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