Autor: O'Donnel, Aidan
Anaesthesia
A very short Introduction
1st Edition 2012, 160 p., 15 ilus..
About the book:
- Explains the facts about a process that is often considered mysterious and threatening
- Covers the whole spectrum of modern anaesthetic practice, from general and local anaesthesia, anaesthesia for childbirth and intensive care to anaesthetic equipment and agents
- Provides a detailed yet honest breakdown of all kinds of anaesthetic risk, from side effects to complications, demonstrating that the risks are nowhere near as high as most of us believe
- Answers all of the pressing questions you might have about anaesthesia - what is it? how does it work? what are the risks?
- Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions - over five million copies sold worldwide
What do anaesthetists do? How does anaesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anaesthetist know if you are really asleep?
Table of Contents:
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
O'Donnell, Anaesthesia
- Hersteller Oxford Univ. Press
- Artikelnr. 00409
- Verfügbarkeit 3 -5 Tage
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10,00€
- Netto 9,35€