Anesthesia

A Very Short Introduction
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-958454-3
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 113 mm x 175 mm, Gewicht: 122 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

What do anaesthetists do? How does anaesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anaesthetist know if you are really asleep?

Anaesthesia is a mysterious and sometimes threatening process. In this Very Short Introduction, Aidan O'Donnell takes the reader on a tour through the whole of the modern anaesthetic practice. He begins by explaining general anaesthesia: what it is, how it is produced, and how it differs from natural sleep and other forms of unconsciousness. He goes on to consider the main categories of anaesthetic drugs, including anaesthetic vapours, intravenous agents, muscle relaxants, and
analgesics, together with explanations of how they work and what their purpose is.

Set against the historical background of anaesthetic and surgical practice, O'Donnell examines the large role anaesthetists play in specialised areas such as intensive care medicine, pain medicine, and childbirth; and finally, he considers the risks of anaesthesia, putting in to context that anaesthesia is a very safe process.

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Zielgruppe

General readers as well as those interested or involved in the healthcare and medical fields, including medical students, doctors, and nurses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Donnell, Aidan

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Anästhesiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Suspended animation: concepts of anaesthesia
2: Historical perspective
3: Nuts and bolts
4: Bells and whistles
5: Anaesthetic drugs and fluids
6: Local and regional anaesthesia
7: Subspecialties of anaesthesia
8: Side effects, complications and risks of anaesthesia
9: Anaesthesia tomorrow

Über Autor(innen)

O'Donnell, Aidan
Aidan O'Donnell is a consultant anaesthetist and medical writer with a special interest in anaesthesia for childbirth. He graduated from Edinburgh in 1996 and trained in Scotland and New Zealand. He now lives and works in New Zealand. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2002 and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 2011. This is his first book.