Anaesthetic implications of cystinosis

Anaesthetic implications of paediatric thoracoscopy

Anaesthetic care during thoracic surgical procedures in children combines components of the knowledge bases of paediatric anaesthesia with those of thoracic anaesthesia. This article highlights the principles of anaesthesia during thoracoscopic surgery in children including preoperative evaluation, anaesthetic induction techniques, maintenance anaesthesia and options for postoperative analgesia...

Anaesthetic implications of psychoactive drugs

The management of patients on psychoactive medications in the perioperative period is largely based on the individual clinician’s experience. Despite 10% of the UK population having some form of mental health condition, there is surprisingly little by way of guidelines for the perioperative management of patients who may be on medications with significant anaesthetic implications. Challenges fo...

Anaesthetic implications of aortic stent surgery.

We present a case of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using a new technique of aortic stenting and discuss the anaesthetic technique used and the perioperative advantages of the technique.

Cystinosis.

Anaesthetic implications for bone marrow transplant recipients.

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) has become an accepted form of therapy for the treatment of a broad range of haematological, immunological, and inherited metabolic diseases. ~-4 In many cases it offers the opportunity for cure in previously incurable disease states. Examples include refractory leukaemias, aplastic anaemia, primary immunodeficiency syndromes, several inborn errors of metabolis...