General and Advanced Duties in Anaesthesia: Prepare for the FRCA
This eBook is one of 9 carefully selected collections of key articles from the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine journal - a continually updated, evidence-based learning resource, based on the RCOA Curriculum. It will be an invaluable guide throughout the specialty traiing years and for when preparing for the FRCA (or similar) exams. It will also prove to be a helpful, authoritative refresher for life-long learning and CPD. Related MCQs are included to test your understanding.
| ISBN | 9780702069451-vst |
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| Author Information | Edited by Nicholas Pace, FRCA FRCP PhD , Honorary Clinical Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Glasgow; Consultant Anaesthetist, Gartnavel General Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow UK. |
| Table of Content | Section 1: The Perioperative Physician Risk modification and preoperative optimization of vascular patients Risk assessment in anaesthesia Premedication Patient selection for day surgery Pathophysiology of respiratory disease and its significance to anaesthesia Effects of smoking on health and anaesthesia Anaesthesia for patients with sickle cell (and other haemoglobinopathies) Clinical strategies to avoid blood transfusion Postoperative analgesia, antiemesis and discharge criteria for day surgery Care of the eye during anaesthesia and intensive care Eye signs in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine Section 2: Anatomy Interpreting the chest radiograph Ocular anatomy and physiology relevant to anaesthesia Anatomy of the epidural space The spinal cord and its membranes Applied anatomy for upper limb nerve blocks The cervical plexus The femoral triangle and superficial veins of the leg Anatomy of the antecubital fossa Cannulation of central veins Section 3: Physiology Crystalloids, colloids, blood, blood products and blood substitutes Laboratory tests of renal function Fluid and electrolyte problems in renal dysfunction Preoperative assessment of the patient with kidney disease Respiration: ventilation Respiration: control of ventilation Measurement of respiratory function: an update on gas exchange Section 4: Pharmacology Opioid mechanisms and opioid drugs Non-opioid analgesics Drugs acting on the heart: anti-hypertensive drugs Drugs acting on the heart: anti-arrhythmics Drugs acting on the heart: heart failure and coronary insufficiency Anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics Central nervous system stimulants: basic pharmacology and relevance to anaesthesia and critical care Drugs and the liver Histamine and antihistamines Total intravenous anaesthesia Section 5: Equipment and Physics Anaesthetic records Electrical hazards: causes and prevention Surgical diathermy Suction devices Humidification devices Medical gases, their storage and delivery Physics of ultrasound Physical principles of defibrillators Disinfection, sterilization and disposables Section 6: Orthopaedic Anaesthesia Preoperative assessment of the orthopaedic patient Anaesthesia for joint replacement surgery Anaesthesia for fractured neck of femur Procedures under tourniquet Anaesthesia for plastic and reconstructive surgery Section 7: Trauma Anaesthetic priorities in pre-hospital trauma care Pain priorities in prehospital care Management of major trauma Anaesthesia outside the theatre environment Chest trauma Insertion of a chest drain for pneumothorax Spinal cord injury Management of shock in trauma Critical care management of inhalational injury and severe burns Drowning and immersion injury The metabolic and endocrine response to trauma Clinical aspects of coagulation and haemorrhage Section 8: Regional Anaesthesia Local anaesthetic agents Systemic toxic effects of local anaesthetics Regional anaesthesia for orthopaedic procedures Practical aspects of ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia Intravenous regional anaesthesia Peripheral nerve catheter techniques Upper limb nerve blocks Lower limb nerve blocks Spinal anaesthesia Techniques of epidural block Regional anaesthesia in patients taking anticoagulant drugs Adjuvant agents in regional anaesthesia Complications of regional anaesthesia Does regional anaesthesia improve outcome after surgery? Local anaesthesia for ocular surgery Section 9: Vascular Anaesthesia Preoperative assessment of patients for vascular surgery Anaesthesia for interventional vascular radiology Anaesthesia for vascular surgery on the extremities Anaesthesia for abdominal vascular surgery Anaesthesia for carotid surgery Anaesthesia for vascular emergencies Postoperative care and analgesia in vascular surgery Section 10: Abdominal and Bariatric Anaesthesia Anaesthesia for obesity surgery Anaesthesia and minimally invasive surgery Anaesthesia for urological surgery Recognition and management of phaeochromocytoma Section 11: The Sick Patient Recognising the critically ill patient Anaesthesia for the elderly Obstructive sleep apnoea and anaesthesia Anaesthesia for patients with cardiac disease for non-cardiac surgery Anaesthetic management of diabetes Gastric disorders: modifications of gastric content, antacids and drugs influencing gastric secretions and motility Hypovolaemia Cardiac arrhythmias in the critically ill patient Neuromuscular disorders: relevance to anaesthesia and intensive care Malignant hyperthermia A simplified bedside approach to acid-base: fluid physiology utilizing classical and physicochemical approaches Section 12: Things That Go Wrong Dental damage in anaesthesia Anaphylaxis Adverse drug reactions Critical incidents: The respiratory system Cardiovascular system: critical incidents Ear, nose and throat emergencies Section 13: Transplant Anaesthesia for renal transplantation: an update Anaesthesia and intensive care for adult liver transplantation Cardiopulmonary transplantation: anaesthetic implications Section 14: Head and Neck Anaesthesia General anaesthesia for dentistry Anaesthesia for maxillofacial surgery General anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery Anaesthesia for endoscopic surgery Alternative techniques for tracheal intubation Percutaneous tracheostomy and cricothyrotomy techniques Transtracheal jet ventilation Airway trauma Anaesthesia for facial trauma Thyroid disease and thyroid surgery Sedation for dental and other procedures Flexible fibre-optic intubation Section 15: Consent, Negligence and the Law Consent Ethics of pregnancy testing Jehovah's Witnesses Clinical negligence Ethics of clinical trials Test Yourself: MCQs |
| 発行日 | 22-11-2015 |
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