AAGBI Core Topics in Anaesthesia 2012

Foreword, ix

1 The Physics of Ultrasound, 1
Graham Arthurs

2 Coronary Artery Stents: Management in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery, 17
Colin Moore and Stephen Leslie

3 Anaesthesia and Enhanced Recovery for Colorectal Surgery, 28
Carol Peden and Christopher Newell

4 The Unanticipated Difficult Airway: The 'Can't Intubate, Can't Ventilate' Scenario, 44
Mansukh Popat

5 Analgesia for Abdominal Surgery, 56
Alex Grice, Nick Boyd and Simon Marshall

6 Analgesic Regimens for Children, 72
Glyn Williams

7 The Unstable Cervical Spine, 88
Michelle Leemans and Ian Calder

8 Obstetric Haemorrhage, 105
David Levy

9 Anaesthesia for Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery, 124
Richard Griffiths

10 e-Learning Anaesthesia, 137
Andrew McIndoe and Ed Hammond

11 Consent and the Explanation of Risk in Anaesthesia, 146
Stuart White