Anaesthesia: A Very Short Introduction

Aidan O?Donnell

ISBN 10: 0199584540 / ISBN 13: 9780199584543

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2012

2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. What do anaesthetists do? How do anaesthetics work? What are the risks? And how does the anaesthetist know if you are really asleep? Anaesthesia is a mysterious and sometimes threatening process. In this Very Short Introduction, Aidan O'Donnell takes the reader on a tour through the whole of the modern anaesthetic practice. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: MMB; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 175 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124. . . . . . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780199584543

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What do anaesthetists do? How does anaesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anaesthetist know if you are really asleep?

Anaesthesia is a mysterious and sometimes threatening process. In this Very Short Introduction, Aidan O'Donnell takes the reader on a tour through the whole of the modern anaesthetic practice. He begins by explaining general anaesthesia: what it is, how it is produced, and how it differs from natural sleep and other forms of unconsciousness. He goes on to consider the main categories of anaesthetic drugs, including anaesthetic vapours, intravenous agents, muscle relaxants, and analgesics, together with explanations of how they work and what their purpose is.

Set against the historical background of anaesthetic and surgical practice, O'Donnell examines the large role anaesthetists play in specialised areas such as intensive care medicine, pain medicine, and childbirth; and finally, he considers the risks of anaesthesia, putting in to context that anaesthesia is a very safe process.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Aidan O'Donnell is a consultant anaesthetist and medical writer with a special interest in anaesthesia for childbirth. He graduated from Edinburgh in 1996 and trained in Scotland and New Zealand. He now lives and works in New Zealand. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2002 and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists in 2011. This is his first book.

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Titel: Anaesthesia: A Very Short Introduction
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New
Auflage: 1. Auflage