Core Topics in Vascular Anaesthesia

Carl Moores is a Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK. He has been a consultant anaesthetist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and part-time Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine for over 10 years. He has a specialist interest in vascular anaesthesia and is a member of the Vascular Anaesthesia Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He is co-author of a book on respiratory physiology and has published on aspects of physiology and anaesthesia. Alastair F. Nimmo is a Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK. He has been a consultant anaesthetist specialising in vascular anaesthesia at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for 15 years. His clinical and research interests include anaesthesia for TAAA surgery, the diagnosis and management of coagulopathy during surgery and the management of patients with cardiac disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery. He helped establish a national service for Scottish patients undergoing TAAA surgery and works for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service as a Lead Clinician for Better Blood Transfusion. He is currently President of the UK Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia.

Preface; 1. Arterial disease and its management Roderick T. A. Chalmers; 2. Co-existing disease in vascular surgical patients John Carlisle and Michael Swart; 3. Preoperative assessment of vascular surgery patients John Carlisle and Michael Swart; 4. Reducing perioperative cardiac risk Craig Beattie and Bruce Biccard; 5. Anaesthesia in the vascular surgery patient Carl Moores; 6. Monitoring in the vascular surgery patient Chris P. Snowden and Suzy O'Neil; 7. Intravenous fluid therapy Michael F. M. James and Ivan A. Joubert; 8. Coagulation and haemorrhage Alastair F. Nimmo and Gary A. Morrison; 9. Transfusion and blood conservation Alastair F. Nimmo and Danny McGee; 10. Anaesthesia for elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery Richard Telford; 11. Anaesthesia for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery Alastair F. Nimmo and Carl Moores; 12. Endovascular aortic surgery Maged Argalious; 13. Anaesthesia for emergency abdominal aortic surgery Alastair F. Nimmo; 14. Anaesthesia for lower limb revascularisation Alastair J. Thomson; 15. Lower limb amputations Charles Morton and John A. Wilson; 16. Anaesthesia for carotid artery disease Mark A. Stoneham; 17. Anaesthesia for vascular surgery to the upper limb Carl Moores; 19. Surgery for access for renal dialysis Carl Moores; Index.