Handbook of Clinical Anaesthesia, Fourth Edition

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Section 1 : Patient Conditions -- Chapter 1: Respiratory system -- Asthma -- Epidemiology -- Morbidity -- Pathophysiology -- Preoperative assessment -- Investigations -- Medication -- Premedication -- Choice of anaesthesia -- Induction -- Intubation -- Maintenance -- Muscle relaxants -- Analgesia -- Postoperative management -- The emergency case with current symptomatic bronchospasm -- Development of intraoperative asthma -- Drugs to avoid -- References -- Cross-references -- Bronchiectasis -- Pathophysiology -- Management -- Preoperative assessment -- Investigations -- Preoperative management -- Anaesthetic management -- Postoperative care -- References -- Cross-references -- Bronchogenic carcinoma -- Preoperative assessment -- Investigations -- Inoperability -- Preoperative preparation -- Premedication -- Anaesthetic technique -- Patients with preexisting stents needing anaesthesia -- Acute postoperative central airway obstruction -- Postoperative care -- References -- Cross-references -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) -- Pathophysiology -- Preoperative Assessment -- History -- Examination -- Investigations -- Preoperative optimisation -- Regional Anaesthesia -- General anaesthesia -- Monitoring -- Routine monitoring to AAGBI standards -- Postoperative care -- Analgesia and physiotherapy -- Postoperative monitoring -- Oxygen therapy -- Noninvasive ventilation and CPAP -- Outcomes -- References -- Cross-references -- Cystic fibrosis (CF) -- Preoperative assessment -- Investigations -- Preoptimisation -- Induction -- Postoperative management -- Pregnancy -- References -- cross-references -- Restrictive lung disease -- Pathophysiology -- Anaesthesia -- Preoperative preparation -- History -- Examination