Preface
1. Perioperative management of cardiovascular disease John McNamara
2. Perioperative management of respiratory disease Tim Clarke
3. Perioperative care of children Warren Fisher
4. Perioperative management of the obese patient Anand Sardasai
5. Perioperative management of the elderly patient Karen Pedersen
6. Perioperative management of emergency surgery Jeremy Lermitte and Jonathan Hudsmith
7. Perioperative fluid management Iain MacKenzie
8. Perioperative management of coagulation Andy Johnston
9. Perioperative management of steroid therapy Fraz Mir and Michael Lindop
10. Perioperative management of endocrine disease Dan Wheeler and Ingrid Wilkins
11. Perioperative management of diabetes Mike Masding and Wendy Gatling
12. Causes and treatment of aspiration Paul Hughes
13. Transfusion and blood products Andy Johnston
14. The critically ill patient Bilas Navapurkar
15. Inotropes Andy Gregg
16. Arterial blood gases Simon Fletcher
17. Drugs used in anaesthesia and sedation Mike Palmer
18. Local anaesthetics Sue Abdy
19. Monitoring used in the perioperative period Ian Bridgland and Katrina Williams
20. Deep vein thrombosis and thrombo-embolic disease prophylaxis Jonathan Hudsmith
21. Postoperative nausea and vomiting Pete Young
22. The management of perioperative pain Parameswaran Pillai and Richard Neal
23. High dependency and recovery units Helen Smith
24. Postoperative hypoxia Mark Abrahams
25. Postoperative hypotension Chris Sharpe
26. Postoperative complications Dan Wheeler and Jeremy Lermitte
27. Perioperative scenarios Dan Wheeler and Parameswaran Pillai
28. Multiple choice questions Quentin Milner
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