Main description:

Recent Advances in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, volume 24 is the latest book in this very successful and long-established series (originally entitled Recent Advances in Anaesthesia and Analgesia) to present a collection of cutting-edge topics for anaesthetists. It has been compiled by some of the world's leading authorities in their subjects and builds on the successful formula of the previous volumes. As the title suggests, these latest volumes have increased input from the field of intensive care, including a particularly topical chapter on intensive care outreach. Other chapters include deaths under anaesthesia, use of simulators in anaesthesia, and transoesophageal echocardiography. Trainee and practising anaesthetists and intensivists at all levels will find this book extremely relevant in their daily clinical practice.

Contents:

1. The role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in preoperative evaluation of surgical patients Paul Older and Adrian Hall; 2. Oesophagectomy for cancer Katherine Sherry; 3. Vascular surgery Matt Thompson and Ian Loftus; 4. Anaesthesia for the elderly Christopher Dodds; 5. Deaths following anaesthesia: lessons from NCEPOD Anthony Gray; 6. Pelvic and acetabular trauma Shamim Umarji and Martin Bircher; 7. Transoesophageal echocardiography S. Nicholas Fletcher; 8. Levosimendan Scott Mercer and Andrew Rhodes; 9. Critical care outreach: six years on Lesley Durham and Brian Cuthbertson; 10. Critical care and biological disasters: lessons learned from SARS and pandemic influenza planning Michael D. Christian, Thomas E. Stewart and Stephen E. Lapinsky; 11. Evaluating clinical performance Hannah Barrett, Alison D. Bullock and Julian F. Bion; 12. Non-technical skills and anaesthesia Rona Patey; 13. Simulators in anaesthetic training to enhance patient safety Peter Dieckmann and Marcus Rall.