Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of anaesthesia -- Monitoring -- Equipment -- Airway devices -- Fluid management -- Preoperative preparation of patient for surgery -- Temperature regulation -- The perioperative patient journey -- General anaesthesia inhalational anaesthetics -- General anaesthesia intravenous anaesthetics -- Local anaesthetics -- Neuromuscular blocking drugs -- Acute pain -- Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) -- Chronic pain -- The airway -- Emergency anaesthesia -- Obstetric anaesthesia -- Ophthalmic anaesthesia -- Paediatric anaesthesia -- Cardiac and thoracic anaesthesia -- Regional anaesthesia -- Anaesthetic emergencies in the operating theatre -- Anaesthetic emergencies in the wider hospital -- Trauma -- Orthopaedic anaesthesia -- Anaesthesia and obesity -- Anaesthesia and old age -- Anaesthesia and diabetes -- Anaesthesia for vascular surgery -- Anaesthesia for ENT and maxillofacial surgery -- Awareness -- Anaesthesia for ECT, dental surgery and special needs -- Postoperative management -- Anaesthesia away from a hospital setting.