Main description:

This manual is a concise guide to anaesthesia in surgery.

Beginning with the basics, discussing the role of anaesthesiologists and the surgical team, the following chapters provide a step by step analysis of the complete anaesthesia procedure, from pre-anaesthetic assessment and medication, to theatre sterilisation and patient care during surgery, to assessment of blood loss and the recovery room.

Separate chapters are dedicated to the effect of anaesthesia on vital organ function, and guidelines for emergency abdominal surgery.

Key points

Concise guide to anaesthesia in surgery
Provides complete step by step guidance to the procedure
In depth discussion on anaesthesia and vital organs, and emergency abdominal surgery
Includes more than 100 images and illustrations

Contents:

Introduction
Anesthesiologist
Surgical Team
Safe practice of Anesthesia
Preanesthetic Assessment
Preanesthetic Medications (Premedication)
Clinical Anesthesia: Balanced Anesthesia
The Operating Department
Theatre Asepsis and Equipments Sterilization
Operating Table and Positions for Surgery
Assessment of Blood Loss and Volume Replacement
Vital Organ Function and Anesthesia
Recovery room: Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Local Anesthetic Drugs and Regional Anesthesia
Guidelines for Emergency Abdominal Surgeries
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting