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Day Care Anaesthesia

ISBN: 978-0-727-91422-4

November 2000

BMJ Books

252 pages

Description
This book discusses the provision of anaesthesia for day case patients from the preoperative period until discharge and patient follow-up. Provides information on patient selection, management of pain and sickness, the recovery process and problems which may occur after surgery. All forms of anaesthesia are covered, including local anaesthesia and nerve blocks, general anaesthesia (with inhaled and injected drugs) and the use of sedatives to supplement local anaesthesia. The special needs of the child are also addressed.
About the Author

Ian Smith is the editor of Day Care Anaesthesia, published by Wiley.

Features
Concise, up to date and practical
Written by experienced practitioners
Part of Fundamentals of Anaesthesia and Acute Medicine series