Thoracic Anaesthesia : Principles and Practice Book

History and equipment: the evolution of endobronchial apparatus for one lung ventilation and anaesthesia (G Lee); Pulmonary physiology during one-lung ventilation (Sir Keith Sykes); Anatomy of the lungs and pleura (R Mills & K McNeil); Indications and techniques for one-lung ventilation (JD Kneeshaw); Surgery on the lungs (IG Wright); Operations on the pleura, diaphragm and chest wall (D Smith); Tracheal and bronchial surgery (ID Conacher); Mediastinal surgery (including thymectomy, myasthenia and retrosternal goitre) (RO Feneck); Oesophageal surgery (KJ Benson & RP Mahajan); Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) (M Zammit & E Mackson); Chest trauma (WT McBride); Paediatric thoracic anaesthesia (SJB Nicoll & R Bingham); Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) (M Gressier, V Piriou, A Schweizer & J Neidecker); Anaesthesia for pulmonary thrombo-endarterectomy (WC Wilson & A Vuylsteke); Lung transplantation (ID Conacher); Common peri-operative problems and complications: pulmonary haemorrhage, empyena, bronchopleural fistula/persistent air leaks (L Doolan & P Clarke); Pain control following thoracic surgery (I Hardy & S Ahmed); Specialised modes of respiratory support in thoracic surgical patients (CJ Bateman & BF Keogh); Controversies in thoracic anaesthesia (J Gothard & H Porter).