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CHAPTER 5 Metabolism Endocrinology Diabetes Prevalence is increasing throughout the world, partly related to increasing obesity. Better glycaemic control has been shown to improve morbidity and mortality. The World Health…

Chapter 13 Reports Anaesthetic Guidelines Guidelines of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland HIV and Other Blood Borne Viruses 1992 See ‘General topics’, p. 192. Immediate Post-Anaesthetic…

CHAPTER 8 Obstetrics Anaesthesia for non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy A total of 1% of patients require GA during pregnancy. In the first trimester, there is a risk of organogenesis; in…