Anaesthesia in a Nutshell is a series of pocket books designed to mirror the current modular training system. The content is pitched at the right level for starting out in each sub-specialty module giving the trainee confidence in those first weeks. The succinct note style is convenient for quick reference and revision, and the portable format allows them to be constant companions in theatre and on the ward.

Other titles in the Nutshell Series: Neurosurgical Anaesthesia by George Hall and Judith Dinsmore Obstetric Anaesthesia by Neville Robinson and David Vaughan Paediatric Anaesthesia by Ann Black and Angus McEwan Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anaesthesia by John Gothard, Andrea Kelleher and Elizabeth Haxby

• Special considerations
• General
• The difficult airway
• Massive transfusion
• Thromboprophylaxis
• Specific to orthopaedics
• Fat embolus
• Compartment syndrome
• Reactions to orthopaedic cement
• Plaster of Paris
• Trauma
• Adult
• Paediatric
• Joint replacement
• Musculo
• skeletal disease in orthopaedics
• Elective paediatric orthopaedics
• Spinal surgery
• Back pain
• Spinal injury
• Spinal tumours
• Spinal deformity
• Management of the chronic spinal injury patient
• Bone tumours
• Peripheral nerve injuries
• Adult
• Paediatric
• Chronic pain management
• Peripheral nerve blocks