Patient safety

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 21 Patient safety Returning to Work in Anaesthesia, ed. Emma Plunkett, Emily Johnson and Anna Pierson. Published by Cambridge University Press. © Cambridge University Press…

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Trauma and orthopaedics

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Administer half the fluid in the first 8 hours following the injury, and the other half over the next 16 hours. IV fluids already administered should be deducted from the…

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Day surgery

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 18 Day surgery Returning to Work in Anaesthesia, ed. Emma Plunkett, Emily Johnson and Anna Pierson. Published by Cambridge University Press. © Cambridge University Press…

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General, urological and gynaecological surgery

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 17 General, urological and gynaecological surgery Returning to Work in Anaesthesia, ed. Emma Plunkett, Emily Johnson and Anna Pierson. Published by Cambridge University Press. ©…

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Neuroanaesthesia

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‘Gasp reflex’Classic ‘mill wheel’ murmurPulmonary oedema CVP = central venous pressure; PAP = pulmonary artery pressure. What other clinical situations are associated with VAE? For a VAE to occur there…

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Regional anaesthesia

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Figure 15.1 Muscular layers of the anterolateral abdominal wall. Reproduced with permission from Ultrasound for Regional Anaesthesia: TAP block (http://usra.ca/tapscan.php). Ultrasound can also be used to identify the muscle layers…

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Pain medicine

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 14 Pain medicine Returning to Work in Anaesthesia, ed. Emma Plunkett, Emily Johnson and Anna Pierson. Published by Cambridge University Press. © Cambridge University Press…

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Paediatrics

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Figure 13.1 Algorithm for Management of Paediatric Sepsis. Reproduced with permission Brierly J., Carcillo J. A., Choong K., et al. Clinical Practice Parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal…

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Intensive care medicine

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β1 (at moderate dose)α1 (at high dose)Reno-splanchnic dilatationInotropyIncreased SVRDobutamineβ2, β1Inotropy, chronotropy, decreased SVRDopexamineDA1, β2Reno-splanchnic dilatation, chronotropyIsoprenalineβ1, β2Chronotropy, decreased SVREnoximonePhosphodiesterase inhibitorInotropy, decreased SVR and decreased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)LevosimendanCalcium sensitizerInotropy, decreased…

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Obstetrics

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Figure 11.1 Dermatomal map. Reproduced with permission from Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma, Sara Paterson-Brown and Charlotte Howell. Cambridge University Press. 2014. A high spinal can occur in a number…

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