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Anaesthetic Accidents (2nd edition). By Keating V. Published by Lloyd-Luke, London. Price 28s.
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BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA Glover, J. H. (1959). Proceedings of international polarographic congress, Cambridge. Pergamon Press Ltd. Gray, T. C , and Rees, G. J. (1952). The role of apnoea in anaesthesia for major surgery. Brit. med. J., 2, 819.
Geddes, I. C. (1959). Hyperventilation for the maintenance of anaesthesia. Lancet, 1, 4. Kety, S. S., and Schmidt, C. F. (1946). The effect of active and passive hyperventilation on cerebral blood flow, cerebral oxygen consumpion, cardiac output and blood pressure of normal young men. J. din. Invest., 25, 107. Robinson, J. S. (1960). Observations on the effects of passive hyperventilation in human subjects. Thesis accepted for M.D. (Liverpool). Pimblett, I. J. (1961). (In preparation.) Sugioka, K., and Davies, D. A. (1960). Hyperventilation with oxygen—a possible cause of cerebral hypoxia. Anesthesiology, 21, 135. Wright, B. M. (1955). A respiratory anemometer. /. Phvsiol. (Land.), 127. 25P.
BOOK REVIEW Anaesthetic Accidents (2nd edition). By V. Keating. Published by Lloyd-Luke, London. Price 28s. This second edition is some thirty pages longer than the first. This increase in length and the revision of much of the text has been made desirable owing to the increasing interest that has been shown in the complications of anaesthesia since the publication of the first edition some five years ago. Dr. Keating admits that his limited experience of anaesthesia has not enabled him actually to be present at all the accidents that he describes and so he has had to supplement this
deficiency by the experience of others. This has proved no detriment as he has made himself intimately acquainted with the reports of them sent to him. Indeed the outstanding impression of the book as a whole is the amount and quality of the thought that Dr. Keating has put into the consideration of his subject. There is a short chapter at the end dealing with medico-legal matters which will prove of immense help to the anaesthetist faced with the necessity of appearing in the coroner's court From the point of view of accuracy a new proof-reader for the references is required. E. Falkrurr Hill
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Bonvallet, M., and Dell, P. (1956). Proceedings of the Socie'td d'Electroencephalographic et des Sciences Connexes de Longue Francaise. Electroenccph. din. Neurophysiol., 8, 170. Brooks, D., and Wynn, V. (1959). The use of venous blood for pH and carbon dioxide studies especially in respiratory failure and during anaesthesia. Lancet, 1, 227. Clarke, L. C , Wolf, R., Granger, D., and Taylor, Z. (1953). Continuous recording of blood oxygen tension by polarography. /. appl. Physiol., 6, 189. Clutton-Brock, J. (1957). The cerebral effects of overventilation. Brit. J. Anaesth., 29, 111. Dundee, J. W. (1952). Influence of controlled respiration on dosage of thiopentone and d-tubocurarine chloride required for abdominal surgery. Brit. med. J., 2, 893. Moore, J. (1960). Alterations in response to somatic pain associated with anaesthesia. I: An evaluation of a method of analgesimetry. Brit. J. Anaesth., 32, 396.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA Glover, J. H. (1959). Proceedings of international polarographic congress, Cambridge. Pergamon Press Ltd. Gray, T. C , and Rees, G. J. (1952). The role of apnoea in anaesthesia for major surgery. Brit. med. J., 2, 819.
Geddes, I. C. (1959). Hyperventilation for the maintenance of anaesthesia. Lancet, 1, 4. Kety, S. S., and Schmidt, C. F. (1946). The effect of active and passive hyperventilation on cerebral blood flow, cerebral oxygen consumpion, cardiac output and blood pressure of normal young men. J. din. Invest., 25, 107. Robinson, J. S. (1960). Observations on the effects of passive hyperventilation in human subjects. Thesis accepted for M.D. (Liverpool). Pimblett, I. J. (1961). (In preparation.) Sugioka, K., and Davies, D. A. (1960). Hyperventilation with oxygen—a possible cause of cerebral hypoxia. Anesthesiology, 21, 135. Wright, B. M. (1955). A respiratory anemometer. /. Phvsiol. (Land.), 127. 25P.
BOOK REVIEW Anaesthetic Accidents (2nd edition). By V. Keating. Published by Lloyd-Luke, London. Price 28s. This second edition is some thirty pages longer than the first. This increase in length and the revision of much of the text has been made desirable owing to the increasing interest that has been shown in the complications of anaesthesia since the publication of the first edition some five years ago. Dr. Keating admits that his limited experience of anaesthesia has not enabled him actually to be present at all the accidents that he describes and so he has had to supplement this
deficiency by the experience of others. This has proved no detriment as he has made himself intimately acquainted with the reports of them sent to him. Indeed the outstanding impression of the book as a whole is the amount and quality of the thought that Dr. Keating has put into the consideration of his subject. There is a short chapter at the end dealing with medico-legal matters which will prove of immense help to the anaesthetist faced with the necessity of appearing in the coroner's court From the point of view of accuracy a new proof-reader for the references is required. E. Falkrurr Hill
Downloaded from http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/ at RMIT University Library on March 14, 2015
Bonvallet, M., and Dell, P. (1956). Proceedings of the Socie'td d'Electroencephalographic et des Sciences Connexes de Longue Francaise. Electroenccph. din. Neurophysiol., 8, 170. Brooks, D., and Wynn, V. (1959). The use of venous blood for pH and carbon dioxide studies especially in respiratory failure and during anaesthesia. Lancet, 1, 227. Clarke, L. C , Wolf, R., Granger, D., and Taylor, Z. (1953). Continuous recording of blood oxygen tension by polarography. /. appl. Physiol., 6, 189. Clutton-Brock, J. (1957). The cerebral effects of overventilation. Brit. J. Anaesth., 29, 111. Dundee, J. W. (1952). Influence of controlled respiration on dosage of thiopentone and d-tubocurarine chloride required for abdominal surgery. Brit. med. J., 2, 893. Moore, J. (1960). Alterations in response to somatic pain associated with anaesthesia. I: An evaluation of a method of analgesimetry. Brit. J. Anaesth., 32, 396.