Along with insights on clinical anaesthesia and perioperative care, Smith and Aitkenheads Textbook of Anaesthesia 7th Edition gives comprehensive discussion of the sciences underlying practice in anaesthesia, critical care, and pain management. Combining these elements has made the textbook extremely helpful for a generation of anaesthetists during their first training as well as when getting ready for the FRCA and other professional exams.
This objective of “Smith and Aitkenheads Textbook of Anaesthesia” is still to provide the reader with the fundamental information and practical guidance needed to provide anaesthesia and postoperative care for a wide range of surgical situations in patients who have all common medical comorbidities. It also provides crucial information on safety and quality assurance, consent, resuscitation, intensive care medicine, pre-hospital care, and chronic pain management, reflecting the rising importance of anaesthesia outside of the operating room.