Title: Anaesthesia :
Authors: O'Donnell, Aidan
Date: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Physical description: 146 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: R
Abstract: How does anesthesia work? What are the risks? And how does the anesthetist know if you are really asleep? In this brisk survey, Aidan O'Donnell takes the reader on a tour of modern anesthetic practice.
Contents: Suspended animation: concepts of anaesthesia -- Historical perspective -- Nuts and bolts -- Bells and whistles -- Anaesthetic drugs and fluids -- Local and regional anaesthesia -- The different branches of anaesthesia -- Side effects, complications, and risks of anaesthesia -- Anaesthesia tomorrow.
Subject headings (LCSH): Anesthesia--Popular works.; Anesthesia.; Anesthetics--Popular works.