Books in the Fundamentals of Anaesthesia and Acute Medicine series

Most books dealing with pharmacology in intensive care focus ob the drugs used to treat the illness or injury. This book addresses the other most important issue for those caring for the critically ill-how organ function will affect the drugs used, and how to adapt management accordingly. Contents include: General principles of pharmacology Absorption, transport, and elimination of drugs Modes of action drugs Renal failure Hepatic failure Cardiac failure Gut failure Brain failure Lung failure Children Safe prescribing habits By discussing organ failure in all major body parts separately, as well as having authoritative chapters on the principles of drug interactions, Pharmacology of the Critically Ill provides a uniquely reference in this vitally important aspect of intensive care. Contributors from leading specialists around the world ensure that this book has international relevance.

Day care surgery is now a major surgical specialty and the care of the patient preoperatively and perioperatively is an increasingly important part of the anaesthetist's skills. This book addresses all the practical and technical issues that the anaesthetist in training, and those already qualified but coming new to the area, will need to know. With contributions from leading specialists, this is an authoritative guide to safe and effective practice in day care anaesthesia that is relevant for all units, whether in large hospitals or local clinics.

This book presents the most important aspects of modern clinical use of local anaesthetic drugs and of local and regional anaesthetic techniques. Special attention is paid to safety, i.e., toxicity features which are covered in sufficient detail for the practitioner to use these techniques safely.Controversies depending on technical differences in the applied techniques, as well as on differences in local anaesthetic solutions, are discussed, providing a useful overview of the specialty worldwide.