Principles and Practice of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Analgesia - Hardcover

Holdcroft, A.; Thomas, T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 086542828X ISBN 13: 9780865428287

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

Synopsis

Obstetric anaesthesia is a specialised practice and covers the entire range of pain relief throughout normal labour as well as general anaesthesia for special procedures such as caesarian section. Whilst there is a specialist group based at main teaching centres who practise obsteric anaesthesia exclusively, the majority of anaesthetists are based at smaller hospitals where there will be no such specialist available. Consequently, it is essential that all anaesthetists are familiar with the anaesthetic requirements of normal labour and of all but the most extreme cases of abnormal labour. This book is aimed primarily at trainee anaesthetists and it will be written to provide enough information for the final FRCA examination, but it will also contain sufficient detail on the various clinical problems which may present at any stage in their future career. The underlying principle is that the anaesthetist must understand the physiology of labour in normal and abnormal situations as well as the interventions of his obstetric colleagues in order to practise safely and effectively. The book will replace J. Selwyn Crawford's text which presented a personal view, backed by his extensive research experience of obstetric anaesthesia.

About this title

About the Author:

A. Holdcroft and T. Thomas are the authors of Principles and Practice of Obstetric Anaesthesia, published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 086542828X
• ISBN 13: 9780865428287
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472