Paediatric Anaesthesia

The Oxford Specialist Handbook in Paediatric Anaesthesia returns for a new edition with updated practical management advice, and detailed perioperative plans for a wide selection of basic and advanced paediatric procedures. Invaluable to trainees and consultants alike, this go-to guide details current techniques in a concise and rapid manner, describing how to approach each case. It covers everything from pharmacology, preoperative assessment, and the basic principles of anaesthetic care, to advanced vascular access, pain management, and neonatal surgery. With additional speciality chapters containing both elective and emergency cases, it is the ideal companion to all aspects of paediatric anaesthesia. · Features up-to-date information on fasting guidelines, pregnancy testing and thromboprophylaxis · Covers patient care from pre-operative assessment to post-operative care. · Contains detailed chapters on advanced airway management, advanced vascular access, and regional anaesthesia. · Includes easy-to-follow perioperative plans for all the common elective and emergency procedures. · New section on resuscitation, transfers, and emergencies.

1 - System based anatomy and physiology
2 - Pharmacology and fluids
3 - Preoperative assessment
4 - Preoperative preparation
5 - Anaesthetic Equipment
6 - Induction
7 - Intraoperative care
8 - Postoperative care
9 - Advanced airway management
10 - Advanced vascular access
11 - Regional anaesthesia
12 - Pain and sedation
13 - Neonatal anaesthesia
14 - Day case surgery
15 - Cardiothoracic surgery
16 - Dental and oral surgery
17 - ENT Surgery
18 - General surgery and urology
19 - Maxillofacial, craniofacial and cleft surgery
20 - Medical specialties
21 - Neurosurgery
22 - Orthopaedic surgery
23 - Ophthalmology surgery
24 - Radiology
25 - Plastic surgery
26 - Comorbidities and Syndromes
27 - Medical Emergencies
28 - Stabilizing the critically ill child in a General Hospital
29 - Resuscitation

Dr Steve Roberts has been a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist in the Jackson Rees Department of Anaesthesia at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital for over 15 years. He is Clinical Lead for Day Surgery and Radiology. As a registrar Dr Roberts became interested in the use of ultrasound to image children's spines and soon realised that it had begun to be used in adults in Europe to identify peripheral nerves. As a consequence he was an early adopter of these techniques; starting one of the first UK ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia courses; and contributing to chapters to many of the first books on this subject.