Day Care Anaesthesia

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7279-1422-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

This book discusses the provision of anaesthesia for day case patients from the preoperative period until discharge and patient follow-up. Provides information on patient selection, management of pain and sickness, the recovery process and problems which may occur after surgery. All forms of anaesthesia are covered, including local anaesthesia and nerve blocks, general anaesthesia (with inhaled and injected drugs) and the use of sedatives to supplement local anaesthesia. The special needs of the child are also addressed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Ian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

1. Patient selection, assessment, and preparation (Jean M. Millar).

2. Principles of general anaesthesia (Alexander P. L. Goodwin).

3. Inhalation anaesthesia (Angela Freschini, Ian Smith).

4. Intravenous anaesthesia (John Peacock).

5. Regional anaesthesia (Johan Raeder).

6. Sedation (Glenda Rudkin).

7. Postoperative pain and emesis: a systematic approach (Jan Jakobsson).

8. Assessment of recovery, discharge, and late follow-up (Ian Jackson).

9. The pediatric day case (Dori Ann McCulloch).

10. The future of day surgery (Ian Smith).

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Smith is the editor of Day Care Anaesthesia, published by Wiley.