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There are increasing numbers of surgical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed outside of the main theatre environment. These procedures may require anaesthetic interventions through...

Pregnancy and the time around the birth of a baby is usually an exciting time in the life of a family, but it also brings with it potential risks to mother and baby. We are fortunate in the United...

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...

Inpatient pain services (IPS) consist of a multidisciplinary team including appropriately trained acute pain physicians and anaesthetists along with nurses specialised in pain management. Other...

Preoperative assessment and preparation is a process. It involves primary care, anaesthesia and other specialties. The general practitioner has a major role to play by ensuring that patients are...

All patients who have undergone anaesthesia are at risk of postoperative complications including compromise to the airway, breathing and circulation. Therefore, management and transport of patients...

All patients who undergo anaesthesia or sedation are at risk of intraoperative complications during induction, maintenance, and emergence from anaesthesia, including compromise to the airway, ...

The recommendations within this document describe the features of a high quality emergency anaesthetic service. There are many different types of hospitals and for this reason the implementation of...

Day surgery is the planned admission of a surgical patient for an elective or semi-elective procedure where the patient is admitted, undergoes surgery and is discharged on the same calendar...

Head and neck surgery includes a wide spectrum of surgical interventions, ranging from short daycase procedures to long and complex operations.1 The requirements for providing anaesthesia...