TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Tim TI - Fundamentals of anaesthesia SN - 9780521692496 (hardback) AV - RD81 .F78 2009 U1 - 617.96 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Anesthesia KW - Analgesia N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Sect. 1. Clinical anaesthesia. 1. Preoperative management -- 2. Induction of anaesthesia -- 3. Intraoperative management -- 4. Postoperative management -- 5. Special patient circumstances -- 6. The surgical insult -- 7. Regional anaesthesia and analgesia -- 8. Principles of resuscitation -- 9. Major trauma -- 10. Clinical anatomy -- Sect. 2. Physiology. 1. Cellular physiology -- 2. Body fluids -- 3. Haematology and immunology -- 4. Muscle physiology -- 5. Cardiac physiology -- 6. Physiology of the circulation -- 7. Renal physiology -- 9. Physiology of the nervous system -- 10. Physiology of pain -- 11. Gastrointestinal physiology -- 12. Metabolism and temperature regulation -- 13. Endocrinology -- 14. Physiology of pregnancy -- 15. Fetal and newborn physiology -- Sect. 3. Pharmacology. 1. Physical chemistry -- 2. Pharmacodynamics -- 3. Pharmacokinetics -- 4. Mechanisms of drug action -- 5. Anaesthetic gases and vapours -- 6. Hypnotics and intravenous anaesthetic agents -- 7. Analgesic drugs -- 8. Neuromuscular blocking agents -- 9. Local anaesthetic agents -- 10. Central nervous system pharmacology -- 11. Autonomic nervous system pharmacology -- 12. Cardiovascular pharmacology -- 13. Respiratory pharmacology -- 14. Endocrine pharmacology -- 15. Gastrointestinal pharmacology -- 16. Intravenous fluids -- 17. Pharmacology of haemostasis -- 18. Antimicrobial therapy -- 19. Clinical trials: design and evaluation -- Sect. 4. Physics, clinical measurement and statistics. 1. Applied physics -- 2. Clinical measurement -- 3. Anaesthetic equipment -- 4. Basic statistics ER -