{"product_id":"smith-and-aitkenheads-textbook-of-anaesthesia-9780702075001","title":"Smith and Aitkenhead's Textbook of Anaesthesia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jonathan Thompson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Elsevier\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Elsevier\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis highly successful textbook is internationally renowned as a core text for trainee anaesthetists and is essential reading for candidates for the Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetists and similar examinations. The previous 6\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e edition was awarded First Prize at the BMA Medical Book awards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book provides full coverage of the sciences underpinning practice in anaesthesia, critical care and pain management together with details of clinical anaesthesia and perioperative care. In combining these aspects, a generation of anaesthetists have found the textbook invaluable during the first few years of training as well as when preparing for the FRCA and similar professional examinations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe goal for this \u003cb\u003eSeventh Edition\u003c\/b\u003e has remained to equip the reader with the basic knowledge and practical considerations required to administer anaesthesia and perioperative care for a whole range of surgical conditions in patients with all common medical comorbidities. Reflecting the expanding role of anaesthesia beyond the operating theatre it also includes essential material related to safety and quality assurance, consent, resuscitation, intensive care medicine, pre-hospital care and chronic pain management. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis book's scope includes the full range of clinical practice, from anaesthetic equipment and pre-operative assessment through to post-operative care, local anaesthesia, anaesthesia for individual specialties and the management of chronic pain. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe text covers the principles of pharmacology, anaesthetic agents and physics for the anaesthetist.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis Seventh Edition has been restructured into four sections: \u003ci\u003eBasic Sciences; Physics and Apparatus; Fundamentals of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine; \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Clinical Anaesthesia. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere are four new chapters reflecting the UK postgraduate anaesthetic examination syllabus and changes in clinical practice. There are: \u003ci\u003eThe older patient; Anaesthesia in low and middle-income areas; Management of critical incidents; \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Data analysis, clinical trials and statistics. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThirty new contributors provide a new perspective or contribute new chapters.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis edition makes extensive use of new line drawings and diagrams and, for the first time, many of these are available in colour. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapters have been extensively cross-referenced to aid the reader and avoid repetition to include substantially more information without increasing the overall size of the book.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe content of each chapter is closely aligned to the syllabus of the Primary FRCA examination. Sample online questions and answers are provided for each chapter and linked to the relevant part of each chapter. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45036356894871,"sku":"9780702075001","price":9786.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780702075001.webp?v=1769213172","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/smith-and-aitkenheads-textbook-of-anaesthesia-9780702075001","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}