Thoracic anaesthesia / edited by Jonathan N. Wilkinson, Stephen H. Pennefather, Robert A. McCahon.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • ©2011
Description
1 online resource (785 p.)

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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 procedures, and an anaesthetist's walk-through of key thoracic surgical procedures. It concludes with an emergency section covering thoracic anaesthesia emergencies, critical care, andthe thoracic surgical patient, and ends with essential guidance on the relevant practical procedures necessary to m
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Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 5, 2017).
Contents
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Symbols and abbreviations""; ""1 Basic physiology for thoracic anaesthesia""; ""2 Basic anatomy for thoracic anaesthesia""; ""3 Basic pharmacology for thoracic anaesthesia""; ""4 Pre-operative assessment of the thoracic patient""; ""5 Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in thoracic anaesthesia""; ""6 Surgery to the lung and upper airway""; ""7 Surgery to the chest wall and pleura""; ""8 Upper gastrointestinal and mediastinal surgery""; ""9 Thoracic trauma, emergencies, and special cases""; ""10 Management of intra-operative problems""
  • ""11 Critical care and the post-operative thoracic patient""""12 Techniques in thoracic anaesthesia""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
ISBN
  • 0-19-162094-7
  • 0-19-172625-7
  • 0-19-162193-5
OCLC
763157038
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