Lecture notes. Clinical anaesthesia

196 Pages·2017·2.23 MB·English

by  Gwinnutt

Clinical Anaesthesia
Lecture Notes
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Clinical Anaesthesia
Lecture Notes
Matthew Gwinnutt
MB ChB (Hons) FRCA
Specialist Trainee in Anaesthesia
Health Education North West
Mersey School of Anaesthesia
UK
Carl Gwinnutt
MB BS MRCS LRCP FRCA
Emeritus Consultant
Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salford, UK
Fifth Edition
This edition first published 2017 © 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
First edition 1997. © Carl L. Gwinnutt
Second edition 2004. © Carl L. Gwinnutt
Third edition 2008. © Carl L. Gwinnutt
Fourth edition 2012 © 2012 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Names: Gwinnutt, Carl L., author. | Gwinnutt, Matthew, author.
Title: Lecture notes. Clinical anaesthesia/Matthew Gwinnutt, Carl Gwinnutt.
Other titles: Clinical anaesthesia
Description: Fifth edition. | Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2017. | Carl Gwinnutt’s name appears first on the
previous edition. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016011445 | ISBN 9781119119821 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781119119845
(Adobe PDF) | ISBN 9781119119852 (epub)
Subjects: | MESH: Anesthesia | Anesthetics
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Contents
Contributors, vi
Preface, vii
Acknowledgements, viii
Abbreviations, ix
About the companion website, xii
1 An introduction to anaesthesia, 1
2 Anaesthetic assessment and preparation
for surgery, 7
3 Anaesthetic equipment and monitoring, 25
4 Drugs and fluids used during anaesthesia, 45
5 The practice of general anaesthesia, 64
6 Local and regional anaesthesia, 90
7 Specialized areas of anaesthesia, 99
8 Recovery from anaesthesia, 110
9 Perioperative medical emergencies:
recognition and management, 132
Index, 172
Contributors
Russell Perkins FRCA
Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Manchester, UK
Justin Turner FRCA
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management
Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salford, UK
Preface
It is only four years since the last edition of this book, management of some of the more common periop-
but changes continue apace and the time had come erative medical emergencies.
to ensure that Lecture Notes, Clinical Anaesthesia Apart from updating the contents, there are two key
reflected these changes and also responded to the changes in this edition compared to previous ones.
feedback received around the previous edition. The Firstly, to help you take a structured approach to
first major change is the new Chapter 1, ‘An introduc- learning about anaesthesia, we have included a series
tion to anaesthesia’. We hope you will take the time to of objectives at the start of each chapter. These are
have a look at this, even if only briefly, as we have tried divided into two sections: firstly, the knowledge you
to provide an insight into how the specialty has devel- should aim to acquire by reading each chapter, and
oped and where it is heading. It is estimated that secondly, an indication of the skills that we feel are
around 70% of all hospital patients encounter an important and are based upon the former. We hope
anaesthetist at some point during their admission, this will give you a clearer idea of what you should try
hardly surprising when we consider how broad the and achieve during an anaesthetic attachment. For
scope of the specialty of anaesthesia has become and those of you using this book who are not medical
the numerous professionals working together as part students, we feel these learning objectives are equally
of the team. Therefore, we have approached the task relevant and achievable.
of writing of this edition with the team in mind, and The second change is an attempt to encourage you
hope that it will be useful not only for medical stu- to use the vast resources available via the internet.
dents but also for trainees in anaesthesia and other The potential problem with this approach is that
acute specialties, trainee physician’s assistants in there is little quality control over what is available.
anaesthesia, operating department practitioners and Therefore, we have only included links to web sites
recovery nurses. we know, have checked and believe are reliable. For
As would be expected, the content has been fully those of you using a hard copy of the book, interesting
updated to reflect areas where there have been and useful web sites are numbered within the text, for
changes in clinical practice, new guidelines and new example [2.2], and the web address is listed in the
equipment or drugs. We have increased coverage of ‘Further information’ section at the end of the chap-
the perioperative management of the overweight and ter. For those of you using the e‐book, the numbers
obese patient to reflect the increasing frequency with within the text are hyperlinked directly to an organi-
which this group of patients is encountered and, in zation’s web site or a specific article. We hope you
response to numerous requests, we have for the first will use this and feel free to feed back your thoughts
time included an introduction to some basic aspects and comments.
of paediatric anaesthesia. Other new topics include Finally, we close by repeating the same message as
an outline of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in previous editions – we hope that you will enjoy this
and the importance of anaesthetists’ non‐technical book but, more importantly, that it helps you provide
skills (NTS). Given the likely future expansion of better care for your patients. If it has, tell your friends,
anaesthetists into the developing field of periopera- if it hasn’t, tell us! We hope that it is improving each
tive care, we felt it appropriate to keep and expand time, but it still is and will always remain ‘work in
slightly the chapter detailing the recognition and progress’.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Deltex Medical for Figures 3.16 Thanks are due to the Difficult Airway Society for
and 3.17. Figure 3.7 is from McGuire and Younger, Figure 5.9, the National Tracheostomy Safety Project
2010 (see Further information in Chapter 3), with per- for Figures 9.3 and 9.4, and to Dr David Pitcher for
mission of Oxford University Press on behalf of the his guidance on ‘Decisions about cardiopulmonary
British Journal of Anaesthesia. resuscitation’.
Figure  5.12 is reproduced with permission of We would also like to express our gratitude to Dr
Dr P. Ross and I am grateful to Dr J. Corcoran for his Richard Morgan, Professor Gary Smith and Dr Jas
help and advice with transversus abdominis plane Soar for their contributions to the previous editions,
blocks and Figure 6.1. some of which by necessity have been included in
Figures 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 and 9.11 are reproduced with this edition.
kind permission from the Resuscitation Council (UK)
and Dr Michael Scott.