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Surgical terms -- Symbols and abbreviations -- Contributors -- 1. erioperative practice -- Suzanne J. Hughes, Harri Jones, Andy Mardell, and Sandra Fender -- 2. thicolegal aspects of perioperative practice -- Kaye Jones and Suzanne J. Hughes -- 3. dmission of surgical patients -- Jayne Hancock, Suzanne J. Hughes, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Sian Bill, Melda Price, Sandra Fender, Gerwyn Jones, Alicia Stringfellow, Sue Barker, Gemma Stacey-Emile, Sarah Fry, Charles Hughes, and Tim Nagle -- 4. readmission management -- Suzanne J. Hughes -- 5. atients with comorbidities -- Suzanne J. Hughes, Beverley Johnson, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Neil Thomas, Susan Ward, Andrew Santos, Jayne Hancock, Gaynor Williams, Lindsey James-Lee, Claire Job, Georgios Tsigkas, and Natalea Purnell -- 6. atient safety -- Suzanne J. Hughes, Geinor Bean, Andy Mardell, Sian Bill, Melda Price, and Peter McNee -- 7. rinciples of anaesthesia -- Suzanne J. Hughes and Sherran Milton -- 8. ssential anaesthetic equipment -- Suzanne J. Hughes, Alex Bradbury, Sherran Milton, Anthony Pritchard, and Paul Hennessy -- 9. cientific principles -- Suzanne J. Hughes -- 10. irway management -- Alex Harmer -- 11. omplications of anaesthesia -- Sherran Milton, Tim Lewis, Barbara Jones, and Nick Groves -- 12. pecialist anaesthesia -- Suzanne J. Hughes and Gaynor Hamlington -- 13. atient skin preparation -- Melissa Rochon -- 14. perating theatre practice -- Andy Mardell and Moyra Journeaux -- 15. atient positioning for surgery -- Andy Mardell -- 16. urgical equipment -- Hazel Smith, Katie Summerhill, and Alison James -- 17. ound management -- Hazel Smith -- 18. pecialist surgery -- Suzanne J. Hughes, Afzal Zaidi, Katie Summerhill, and Georgios Tsigkas -- 19. reparation of the post-anaesthetic care unit -- Ben Stanfield-Davies -- 20. anaging the post-anaesthesia patient -- Suzanne J. Hughes, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Gaynor Hamlington, Anthony Pritchard, Dawn Daniel, Nelson Selvaraj, Rachel Brent, and Jayne Hancock -- 21. erioperative pharmacology -- Felicia Cox, Nisha Bhudia, and Suzanne J. Hughes -- 22. ain management -- Felicia Cox -- 23. erioperative drugs -- Suzanne J. Hughes, Harri Jones, Rhys Jones, and Andy Parry -- 24. luid therapy and replacement -- Suzanne J. Hughes, Paul Hennessy, and Hannah Grainger -- 25. mergency care -- Tim Lewis, Ricky Hellyar, Andy Parry, Jan Campsie, Suzanne J. Hughes, Andy Mardell, Jayne Hancock, Ben Stanfield-Davies, Neil Thomas, Susan Ward, and Lindsey James-Lee -- Index |