Total Intravenous Anaesthesia

List of Contributors. Preface. 1. Why total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA)? (F. Camu and B. Kay). 2. Continuous infusions of hypnotic agents for maintenance of anaesthesia (J.W. Sear). 3. Benzodiazepines and their reversal (A. Nilsson). 4. Opioid anaesthesia (J.G. Bovill). 5. Opioid supplements in total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) (B. Kay). 6. Ketamine (B. Kay). 7. Relaxants for total intravenous anaesthesia (B.J. Pollard). 8. Haemodynamic effects of continuous infusion anaesthesia and sedation (M. Rucquoi and F. Camu). 9. Recovery from total intravenous anaesthesia (G. Cooper). 10. Intra-operative monitoring of awareness (H.L. Edmonds, Jr. and M.P.J. Paloheimo), 11. Infusion equipment for total intravenous anaesthesia (B. Auty). 12. Total intravenous anaesthesia and postoperative sedation for cardiac surgery (G.N. Russell). 13. Total intravenous anaesthesia and sedation for neurosurgery (E. Moss). 14. Intravenous anaesthesia and sedation for regional anaesthesia (N. Mackenzie). 15. Intravenous anaesthesia for day-care surgery (J. Van Hemelrijk and P.F. White). 16. Total intravenous anaesthesia for the high risk patient (C.S. Goodchild). Subject Index