Chapter 9: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for an Obstetric Population 2025
There should be a local guideline on monitoring of women after regional anaesthesia and the management of postanaesthetic neurological complications.
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Including career beaks and returning to work,
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has published a report into anaesthetic care as part of its national quality improvement programme into stillbirths, neonatal deaths and brain injuries that occur during childbirth.
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The Novice Guide - Preoperative assessment
Angeline Price, NELA PPI member looks at the ageing population undergoing emergency laparotomy and why clinical outcomes for older people have remained significantly worse than for their younger counterparts.
Chapter 14: Guidelines for the Provision of Neuroanaesthetic Services 2025
If the patient is planned to be discharged on the same day after their procedure, relevant information should be provided on discharge, including contact details for the neurosurgical service. Other relevant recommendations for daycase anaesthesia outlined in Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery should be followed.57
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‘Emergency’ within this chapter applies to anaesthesia that is given in immediate (within minutes of a decision to operate) or urgent (within hours of a decision to operate) procedures as classified by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD).
The provision of emergency anaesthesia differs from elective anaesthesia in that it is required 24/7. The demands...
Introduction
Regional anaesthesia (RA) is an important component of anaesthetic practice. It includes neuraxial and peripheral nerve block techniques which may be used for either perioperative anaesthesia or analgesia, as well as other non-surgical indications such as chronic pain and traumatic rib fractures. The practice of RA has changed significantly, particularly over the past three decades.1 The introduction of...
Introduction
Infants, children, and young people have different requirements. There are marked developmental changes within the paediatric age range, and neonates, infants, and prepubertal children under the age of 8–12 years have particular anatomical and physiological differences. Doses of drugs and fluids need to be precisely calculated, and anaesthetic equipment for smaller children differs from that used in older children...