AAGBI Core Topics in Anaesthesia 2015

William Harrop-Griffiths, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK Richard Griffiths, Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust, Peterborough, UKFelicity Plaat, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

• List of Contributors, viiForeword, ix1 Abnormalities of Coagulation and Obstetric Anaesthesia, 1Hilary Swales2 Acute Coronary Syndromes and Anaesthesia, 15Yasir Parviz, Rachel Orme, Oliver Watson and Tim Chico3 Acute Pain Management of Opioid-Tolerant Patients, 28Mark Jackson4 Echocardiography and Anaesthesia, 39Jonathan H. Rosser and Nicholas J. Morgan-Hughes5 Medico-Legal Aspects of Regional Anaesthesia, 54William T. Frame6 Peri-Operative Use of Beta-Blockers: Yes or No?, 65Nanda Gopal Mandal7 Transfusion Requirements and the Older Person, 80Alexa Mannings and Iain Moppett8 Organ Donation and the Anaesthetist, 91Dale Gardiner, Neal Beckett, Paul Townsley and Helen Fenner9 Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: Fact or Fiction?, 114Irwin Foo10 Pre-Operative Anaemia: Should We Worry?, 127Robert Kong