WHO Safer Surgery Checklist
The key to safe surgical care is effective team work and communication in combination with the use of evidence-based interventions. The WHO checklist combines all of these. The implementation of…
The key to safe surgical care is effective team work and communication in combination with the use of evidence-based interventions. The WHO checklist combines all of these. The implementation of…
Figure 20.1 Oxford Help pillow. What will be your anaesthetic technique? Thorough preoperative assessment is required. A cardiorespiratory referral and investigations or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for obstructive sleep…
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 35 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance Laura Fulton Returning to Work in Anaesthesia, ed. Emma Plunkett, Emily Johnson and Anna Pierson….
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15 mg/kg IV (>3/12 old, max 60 mg/kg/day)Max. 500 mg if <50kgMax daily dose if <3/12 old, 60 mg/kg/dayFor term neonates (>38/40 – 3/12 old), IV dose 10 mg/kg TDSIbuprofen400…
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…
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 22 Ethical and legal issues Returning to Work in Anaesthesia, ed. Emma Plunkett, Emily Johnson and Anna Pierson. Published by Cambridge University Press. © Cambridge…
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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…
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…