Anesthesia

Providing information on anaesthesia, this book contains 17 new chapters covering such topics as barbiturates, neurologic monitoring, regional anaesthesia, clinical care in the hyperbaric environment, acute post-operative pain and teaching anaesthesia.

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This revised edition is now in two volumes with a larger page size and more detailed index. It has five new consulting editors and contains 17 new chapters. These new chapters cover inhaled anaesthetic delivery systems, barbiturates, intravenous anaesthetic delivery, fundamental principles of monitoring instrumentation, cardiovascular monitoring, respiratory monitoring, neurologic and temperature monitoring, monitored anaesthesia care, management of general anaesthesia, an introduction to regional anaesthesia, anaesthesia at remote locations, clinical care in the hyperbaric environment, acute postoperative pain, operating room management, teaching anaesthesia, and environmental safety including chemical dependency. In all it contains 80 chapters, each providing a referenced account of a particular topic by a specialist.