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The Westmead Anaesthetic Manual has been of invaluable assistance to anaesthetists, emergency doctors and nurses for more than 20 years. In this edition, every topic has been completely revised and updated and many new topics have been added, including COVID-19, vaping, bariatric surgery, onco-anaesthesia and cannabinoids. There is extensive coverage of new drugs relevant to anaesthesia, including tapentadol and idarucizumab.
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New innovations in this manual include adding European and American generic and trade names to help with international communication. In addition, to assist with ultrasound-guided blocks, NYSORA, the world’s leading educator in this field, has allowed the use of many of their high-fidelity illustrations. This edition also examines the impact of anaesthetic drugs on global warming, with particular emphasis on the harmful effects of desflurane.
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The Westmead Anaesthetic Manual remains the most compact and readily accessible source of essential anaesthetic information available on the Australian market, by an Australian author. With its alphabetic layout, almost any drug, crisis, rare medical condition, procedure or ultrasound-guided block can be accessed in seconds. The guidelines are clear, concise and comprehensive, and presented in a logical step-by-step format. This manual will not only enhance the safety of your daily anaesthetic practice but also help deal with those clinical situations that make our stress levels go ‘off the scale’.