Graphic Anaesthesia is a compendium of the diagrams, graphs, equations and tables needed in anaesthetic practice.Each page covers a separate topic to aid rapid review and assimilation. The relevant illustration, equation or table is presented alongside a short description of the fundamental principles of the topic and with clinical applications where appropriate.Now fully updated, this second edition contains 35 new topics, including significant additions to the drugs and equipment sections, and new sections on clinical prediction and anatomy related to regional anaesthesia.The book includes main sections on:

1. PHYSIOLOGY1.1 Cardiac; 1.2 Circulation; 1.3 Respiratory; 1.4 Neurology; 1.5 Renal; 1.6 Gut; 1.7 Acid-base; 1.8 Metabolic; 1.9 Endocrine; 1.10 Body fluids; 1.11 Haematology; 1.12 Cellular; 1.13 Immunity; 1.14 Muscle; 1.15 Pregnancy and paediatrics2. ANATOMY2.1 Functional anatomy; 2.2 Anatomy for regional anaesthesia3. PHARMACODYNAMICS AND KINETICS3.1 Clearance; 3.2 Compartment model - one and two compartments; 3.3 Compartment model - three compartments; 3.4 Dose-response curves; 3.5 Elimination; 3.6 Elimination kinetics; 3.7 Half-lives and time constants; 3.8 Meyer-Overton hypothesis; 3.9 Target-controlled infusions; 3.10 Volume of distribution; 3.10 Wash-in curves for volatile agents4. DRUGS4.1 Alpha 2 receptor agonists; 4.2 Anaesthetic agents - etomidate; 4.3 Anaesthetic agents - ketamine; 4.4 Anaesthetic agents - propofol; 4.5 Anaesthetic agents - thiopentone; 4.5 Local anaesthetics - mode of action; 4.6 Anticoagulants; 4.7 Antiemetics; 4.8 Antiplatelets; 4.9 Benzodiazepines; 4.10 Blood products; 4.11 Direct acting oral anticoagulants; 4.12 Intralipid; 4.13 Local anaesthetics - mode of actin; 4.14 Local anaesthetics - properties; 4.15 Neuromuscular blockers - mode of action; 4.16 Neuromuscular blocking agents - depolarizing; 4.17 Neuromuscular blocking agents - non-depolarizing; 4.18 Opioids - mode of action; 4.19 Opioids - properties; 4.20 Paracetamol and NSAIDs; 4.21 Reversal agents; 4.22 Tranexamic acid; 4.23 Volatile anaesthetic agents - mode of action; 4.24 Volatile anaesthetic agents - physiological effects; 4.25 Volatile anaesthetic agents - properties5. PHYSICS5.1 Avogadro's hypothesis; 5.2 Beer-Lambert law; 5.3 Critical temperatures and pressure; 5.4 Diathermy; 5.5 Doppler effect; 5.6 Electrical safety; 5.7 Electricity; 5.8 Exponential function; 5.9 Fick's law of diffusion; 5.10 Gas laws - Boyle's law; 5.11 Gas laws - Charles' law; 5.12 Gas laws - Gay-Lussac's (Third Perfect) law; 5.13 Gas laws - ideal gas law and Dalton's law; 5.14 Graham's law; 5.15 Heat; 5.16 Henry's law; 5.17 Humidity; 5.18 Laser; 5.19 Metric prefixes; 5.20 Power; 5.21 Pressure; 5.22 Raman effect; 5.23 Reflection and refraction; 5.24 SI units; 5.25 Triple point of water and phase diagram; 5.26 Types of flow; 5.27 Wave characteristics; 5.28 Wheatstone bridge; 5.29 Work6. CLINICAL MEASUREMENT6.1 Bourdon gauge; 6.2 Clark electrode; 6.3 Damping; 6.4 Depth of anaesthesia monitoring; 6.5 Fuel cell; 6.6 Monitoring of neuromuscular blockade; 6.7 Oximetry - paramagnetic analyser; 6.8 pH measuring system; 6.9 Pulse oximeter; 6.10 Severinghaus carbon dioxide electrode; 6.11 Temperature measurement; 6.12 Thermocouple and Seebeck effect7. EQUIPMENT7.1 Bag valve mask resuscitator; 7.2 Breathing circuits - circle system; 7.3 Breathing circuits - Mapleson's classification; 7.4 Bronchoscope; 7.5 Cleaning and contamination; 7.6 Continuous renal replacement therapy - extracorporeal circuit; 7.7 Continuous renal replacement therapy - modes; 7.8 Gas cylinders; 7.9 Glucometer; 7.10 Humidifier; 7.11 Intra-aortic balloon pump; 7.12 Laryngoscopes; 7.13 Oxygen delivery systems - Bernoulli principle and Venturi effect; 7.14 Piped gases; 7.15 Scavenging; 7.16 Ultrasound; 7.17 Vacuum-insulated evaporator; 7.18 Vaporizer; 7.19 Ventilation - pressure-controlled; 7.20 Ventilation - volume-controlled; 7.21 Viscoelastic tests of clotting8. STATISTICS8.1 Mean, median and mode; 8.2 Normal distribution; 8.3 Number needed to treat; 8.4 Odds ratio; 8.5 Predictive values; 8.6 Sensitivity and specificity; 8.7 Significance tests; 8.8 Statistical variability; 8.9 Type I and type II errors9. CLINICAL PREDICTION9.1 ASA classification; 9.2 Clinical frailty scale; 9.3 Cormack and Lehane classification; 9.4 Mallampati classification; 9.5 Scoring systems