Fundamentals of Anaesthesia Book

	Preface	vii
	Section Editors	xi
	Contributors	xi
	Acknowledgements	xiii
	List of abbreviations	xv
Section 1	Clinical Anaesthesia
Chapter 1	Pre-operative Management	1
Chapter 2	Induction of Anaesthesia	25
Chapter 3	Intra-operative Management	43
Chapter 4	Postoperative Management	59
Chapter 5	Special Patient Circumstances	81
Chapter 6	The Surgical Insult	109
Chapter 7	Regional Anaesthesia & Analgesia	123
Chapter 8	Principles of Resuscitation	147
Chapter 9	Major Trauma	171
Chapter 10	Clinical Anatomy	189
Section 2	Physiology
Chapter 1	Cellular Physiology	219
Chapter 2	Body Fluids	241
Chapter 3	Haematology and Immunology	257
Chapter 4	Muscle Physiology	283
Chapter 5	Cardiac Physiology	299
Chapter 6	Physiology of the Circulation	331
Chapter 7	Renal Physiology	361
Chapter 8	Respiratory Physiology	395
Chapter 9	Physiology of the Nervous System	425
Chapter 10	Gastro-intestinal Physiology	453
Chapter 11	Metabolism and Temperature Regulation	473
Chapter 12	Endocrinology	495
Chapter 13	Physiology of Pregnancy	511
Chapter 14	Foetal and Newborn Physiology	529
Section 3	Pharmacology
Chapter 1	Physical Chemistry	537
Chapter 2	Mechanisms of Drug Action	549
Chapter 3	Pharmacodynamics	559
Chapter 4	Pharmacokinetics	571
Chapter 5	Anaesthetic Gases and Vapours	587
Chapter 6	Hypnotics and Intravenous Anaesthetic Agents	601
Chapter 7	Analgesic Drugs	619
Chapter 8	Neuromuscular Blocking Agents	639
Chapter 9	Local Anaesthetic Agents	653
Chapter 10	Central Nervous System Pharmacology	667
Chapter 11	Autonomic Nervous System Pharmacology	681
Chapter 12	Cardiovascular Pharmacology	699
Chapter 13	Respiratory Pharmacology	713
Chapter 14	Endocrine Pharmacology	721
Chapter 15	Gastro-intestinal Pharmacology	729
Chapter 16	Intravenous Fluids	737
Chapter 17	Pharmacology of Haemostasis	745
Chapter 18	Antimicrobial Therapy	753
Chapter 19	Clinical Trials - Design and Evaluation	767
Section 4	Physics, Clinical Measurement and Statistics
Chapter 1	Applied Physics	773
Chapter 2	Clinical Measurement	831
Chapter 3	Anaesthetic Equipment	875
Chapter 4	Basic Statistics	913
	Index	927