Fourth in the series, this book is meant to provide information for anaesthetic trainees on their specialist orthopaedic rotation or as a reference book for FRCA examination candidates.

This is the fourth book in the series. It provides essential information for anaesthetic trainees on their specialist orthopaedic rotation or as a reference book for FRCA examination candidates. It is edited by: George Hall, MBBS, PhD. FIBiol FRCA, Chairman and Professor of Anaesthesia, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK; and P Neville Robinson, FRCA Consultant Anaesthetist, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, UK.

• Pre-operative assessment - cardiac anaesthesia
• Anaesthesia for cardiac surgery
• Anaesthesia for specific cardiac and allied operations
• Cardiopulmonary bypass
• Early postoperative management of patients following cardiac surgery
• Pre-operative assessment - thoracic anaesthesia
• Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery
• Intra-operative management of specific thoracic procedures
• Postoperative management
• Vascular anaesthesia
• Off-pump cardiac surgery