Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine A-Z

For 25 years Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine A-Z has provided a comprehensive resource of the relevant aspects of pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, physics, statistics, medicine, surgery, general anaesthetic practice, intensive care, equipment, and the history of anaesthesia and intensive care. Originally prepared as essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar exams, this fully updated edition will also prove as invaluable as ever for all anaesthetists and critical care physicians, as well as operating department practitioners and specialist nurses.The alphabetical arrangement with extensive cross-referencing ensures a full understanding of topicsThe succinct and clear text and diagrams　make for easy quick referenceThe exam preparation checklist is ordered by key topics to facilitate effective revisionThe contents are easily accessible with the accompanying ebookThere has been a substantial addition of new entries as well as revision of existing ones. This acknowledges the breadth of information needed to satisfy the range of activities performed by anaesthetic, intensive care, nursing and other colleagues, and also reflects the ever-changing field in which they all workThe consolidation of the role of anaesthetists as 'perioperative physicians' is reflected in additional entries of particular relevance and also by the enhanced title of the bookThe structured 'revision checklist' of entries which is particularly useful to those preparing for examinations has been further developed for this edition