Consent and documentation
Figure 24.1 Scale to help describe the frequency of risks. Reproduced with permission from the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Quoting risks can be difficult as the exact numbers will vary…
Ethical and legal issues
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Patient safety
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Trauma and orthopaedics
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…
Day surgery
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General, urological and gynaecological surgery
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Neuroanaesthesia
‘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…
Regional anaesthesia
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…
Pain medicine
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Paediatrics
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…
