Recent Advances in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care: Volume 24 (Recent Advances)

266 Pages·2007·2.94 MB·English

by  Jeremy Cashman

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Recent Advances in
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
RecentAdvancesinAnaesthesiaandIntensiveCare,volume24isthelatest
book in this very successful and long-established series (originally entitled
Recent Advances in Anaesthesia and Analgesia) to present a collection of
cutting-edge topics for anaesthetists. It has been compiled by some of the
world’s leading authorities in their subjects and builds on the successful
formula ofthe previousvolumes. As thetitlesuggests, these latestvolumes
haveincreasedinputfromthefieldofintensivecare,includingaparticularly
topical chapter on intensive care outreach. Other chapters include deaths
under anaesthesia, use of simulators in anaesthesia, and transoesophageal
echocardiography.Traineeandpractisinganaesthetistsandintensivistsatall
levelswillfindthisbookextremelyrelevantintheirdailyclinicalpractice.
JEREMY N. CASHMAN is a Consultant Anaesthetist at St George’s
Hospital, London and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia at the
UniversityofLondon.
R. MICHAEL GROUNDS isaConsultantinAnaesthesiaandIntensiveCare
Medicine at St George’s Hospital, London and an Honorary Reader in
IntensiveCareMedicineattheUniversityofLondon.

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Recent Advances in
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Editedby
JeremyCashman
ConsultantAnaesthetist,St.George’sHospital,London
HonorarySeniorLecturerinAnaesthesia,UniversityofLondon,UK
and
MichaelGrounds
ConsultantinAnaesthesiaandIntensiveCareMedicine,St.George’s
Hospital,London
HonoraryReaderinIntensiveCareMedicine,UniversityofLondon,UK
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Contents
Listofcontributors pagevii
Preface xi
1. Theroleofcardiopulmonaryexercisetestingin
preoperativeevaluationofsurgicalpatients
PaulOlderandAdrianHall 1
2. Oesophagectomyforcancer
KathleenM.Sherry 21
3. Vascularsurgery
MattM.ThompsonandIanLoftus 41
4. Anaesthesiafortheelderly
ChristopherDodds 63
5. Deathsfollowinganaesthesia:lessonsfromNCEPOD
AnthonyGray 75
6. Pelvicandacetabulartrauma
ShamimUmarjiandMartinBircher 87
7. Echocardiography
S.NicholasFletcher 109
8. Levosimendan
ScottMercerandAndrewRhodes 131
9. Criticalcareoutreach:6yearson
LesleyDurhamandBrianH.Cuthbertson 143
vi Contents
10. Criticalcareandbiologicaldisasters:lessonslearnedfrom
SARSandpandemicinfluenzaplanning
MichaelD.Christian,ThomasE.Stewartand
StephenE.Lapinsky 159
11. Evaluatingclinicalperformance
HannahBarrett,AlisonD.BullockandJulianF.Bion 179
12. Non-technicalskillsandanaesthesia
RonaPatey 197
13. Simulatorsinanaesthetictrainingtoenhancepatientsafety
PeterDieckmannandMarcusRall 213
Index 233
Contributors
HannahBarrett
UniversityDepartmentofAnaesthesia&IntensiveCareMedicine
N5QueenElizabethHospital
Edgbaston
BirminghamB152TH
UK
JulianF.Bion
UniversityDepartmentofAnaesthesia&IntensiveCareMedicine
N5QueenElizabethHospital
Edgbaston
BirminghamB152TH
UK
MartinBircher
DepartmentofOrthopaedicsandTrauma
StGeorge’sHospital
BlackshawRoad
LondonSW170QT
UK
AlisonD.Bullock
SchoolofEducation
UniversityofBirmingham
Edgbaston
BirminghamB152TT
UK
MichaelD.Christian
MountSinaiHospitalandUniversityHealthNetwork
TorontoGeneral
viii Listofcontributors
TorontoWestern,andPrincessMargaretHospital
Room18–206
600UniversityAvenue
TorontoM5G1X5
Ontario
Canada
BrianH.Cuthbertson
HealthServicesResearchUnit
InstituteofAppliedHealthSciences
PolwarthBuilding
MedicalSchool
UniversityofAberdeen
Foresterhill
AberdeenAB252ZD
Scotland
PeterDieckmann
DanishInstituteforMedicalSimulation
HerlevHospital
HerlevRingrej75
2730Herlev
Denmark
ChristopherDodds
Professor,ClevelandSchoolofAnaesthesia
JamesCookUniversityHospital
MartonRoad
MiddlesboroughTS43BW
UK
LesleyDurham
CityHospitalsSunderlandNHSFoundationTrust
RoyalHospital
KayllRoad
SunderlandSR47TP
UK
S.NicholasFletcher
DepartmentofAnaesthesia
StGeorge’sHospital
BlackshawRoad
LondonSW170QT
UK