Thoracic anaesthesia /

Thoracic anaesthesia is regarded as a post fellowship sub-speciality within anaesthesia, and can be daunting. This handbook provides an easily accessible, informative, and palatable guide to this often complex subject. The text is sub-divided into basic sciences, pre-operative assessment, diagnostic...

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Other Authors: Wilkinson, Jonathan N., Pennefather, Stephen H., McCahon, Robert A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780191621932
0191621935
9780191726255
0191726257
9780191620942
0191620947
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Basic physiology for thoracic anaesthesia
  • Basic anatomy for thoracic anaesthesia
  • Basic pharmacology for thoracic anaesthesia
  • Pre-operative assessment of the thoracic patient
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in thoracic anaesthesia
  • Surgery to the lung and upper airway
  • Surgery to the chest wall and pleura
  • Upper gastrointestinal and mediastinal surgery
  • Thoracic trauma, emergencies, and special cases
  • Management of intra-operative problems
  • Critical care and the post-operative thoracic patient
  • Techniques in thoracic anaesthesia.