This Australian book on paediatric anaesthesia is practical, descriptive and exam focused. It gives safe, experience-based `how-to' approaches to common and rarer paediatric and neonatal conditions. Assuming readers know about adult anaesthesia, it focuses on what is different about children. The key to paediatric anaesthesia is to learn the skills to be confident about managing a child's airway. Once mastered, you can then start to enjoy working with children and learning the art of managing their anxiety and that of their parents. Written by clinical, full-time paediatric anaesthetists, this is the one book that gives both all the information for specialist exam preparation, and the knowledge of contemporary paediatric anaesthesia that will stand a consultant anaesthetist in good stead. Craig Sims MBBS, FANZCA Paediatric Anaesthetist, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA Chris Johnson MBBS, FANZCA Director, Surgical Services, Paediatric Anaesthetist, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA Table of contents 1. An overview of paediatric anaesthesia 2. Pharmacology of anaesthetic agents in children 3. Behavioural management of children 4. Airway management 5. Fluid management 6. Equipment and monitoring 7. Resuscitation and emergency drugs 8. Acute pain management 9. Regional anaesthesia 10. Respiratory illnesses and their influence on anaesthesia 11. Chronic diseases of childhood 12. Congenital syndromes & conditions 13. Neonatal anaesthesia 14. Anaesthesia for paediatric general surgery 15. Anaesthesia for ENT surgery 16. Bronchoscopy & removal of foreign bodies from the trachea 17. Anaesthesia for dental procedures 18. Orthopaedic surgery 19. Congenital heart disease 20. Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery 21. Anaesthesia for plastic surgery 22. Paediatric neuroanaesthesia 23. Anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery 24. Anaesthesia for urological surgery 25. Trauma and burns 26. Malignancy and treatment of malignancies 27. Procedural sedation: anaesthesia & sedation of children away from the OR 28. Vascular access 29. The child at risk'child protection and the anaesthetist 30. Paediatric intensive care 31. Glossary of syndromes and diseases