Anaesthesiology

Anaesthesia: Churchill's Ready Reference provides a practical compilation of investigations to assist in the everyday clinical management of the peri-operative and critically ill patient, and the parturient. In this volume, the authors have included an abundance of diagrams, figures, and tables that they find helpful in understanding this area of medicine. It is hoped that the volume will guide clinicians in the interpretation of investigations encountered on a daily basis in this area of practice. This book is not meant to replace larger, more complete textbooks, but to complement them and will be useful at the bedside, in the office and for teaching. Key Features * Quick reference guide to laboratory and other test results with associated normal values * Includes guidance on equipment usage in the Intensive Care Unit * Includes the latest guidelines from the European Resuscitation Council * Abundant tables and artworks give rapid access to key information such as IV regimens and scoring systems * Provides practical guidance on sedation and pain control * Includes current international guidelines Series Information Anaesthetists are faced with an ever-growing body of investigative and therapeutic options and it is increasingly difficult to keep up with the wide spectrum of information required for them to perform optimally in day-to-day practice. Anaesthesia: Churchill's Ready Reference will provide all of the information required to help with everyday practice and covers the full range of tests and investigations that the anaesthetist may come across in a handy, pocketbook format. Contents 1. The airway 2. Respiratory system 3. Cardiovascular system 4. Central nervous system 5. Peripheral nervous system 6. Renal, metabolic and endocrine systems 7. Haematology and coagulation 8. The labour ward 9. Intensive care Author Information By Michael (Monty) Mythen, FRCA, Director and Smiths Medical Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Joint UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Unit, London, UK; Edward Burdett, MA(Cambridge), MBBS(London), MRCP(UK), Clinical Fellow in Peri-Operative Medicine, Barnet Hospital, Barnet, UK; Robert C. M. Stephens, BA(Oxford), MBBS(Lond), FRCA(UK), Academy of Medical Sciences/The Health Foundation Research Training Fellow in Anaesthesia, Institute of Child Health, London, UK; and David Walker, BM(Hons), MRCP, FRCA, Specialist Registrar, UCL Bloomsbury Centre for Intensive Care, University College Hospital, London, UK