Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Section I Basic sciences
- Section II Anaesthesia and peri-operative care for surgical specialties
- Section III At a glance
- Chapter 22 Scoring systems
- Chapter 23 Modes of mechanical ventilation
- Chapter 24 Fluids
- Chapter 25 Coagulation
- Chapter 26 Pre-operative echocardiography
- Chapter 27 Common drugs and doses
- Chapter 28 Physiology and risk in special circumstances
- Chapter 29 Medicolegal aspects of consent
- Chapter 30 Nerve injury
- Chapter 31 Pre-operative investigations
- Chapter 32 Enhanced recovery
- Chapter 33 Post-operative cognitive dysfunction
- List of abbreviations
- Index
Chapter 28 - Physiology and risk in special circumstances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Section I Basic sciences
- Section II Anaesthesia and peri-operative care for surgical specialties
- Section III At a glance
- Chapter 22 Scoring systems
- Chapter 23 Modes of mechanical ventilation
- Chapter 24 Fluids
- Chapter 25 Coagulation
- Chapter 26 Pre-operative echocardiography
- Chapter 27 Common drugs and doses
- Chapter 28 Physiology and risk in special circumstances
- Chapter 29 Medicolegal aspects of consent
- Chapter 30 Nerve injury
- Chapter 31 Pre-operative investigations
- Chapter 32 Enhanced recovery
- Chapter 33 Post-operative cognitive dysfunction
- List of abbreviations
- Index
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- A Surgeon's Guide to Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Care , pp. 288 - 293Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014