Edited by: Sunit Ghosh & Raymond D Latimer

Hardcover - 352 pages. 15 B&W photographs, 30 line illustrations
Published August, 1999. Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0-7506-4062-6

Preface
This book is intended to provide an easily readable source of information for the everyday practice of thoracic anaesthesia. It is aimed at anaesthetists of all levels involved in the care of thoracic surgical patients. We hope that the newcomer to the specialty will find it useful both in the clinical setting and in preparing for examinations, and that the experienced thoracic anaesthetist will be able to use it to preapare lectures and tutorials, as well as to refer to it for guidance.

Contents
History and equipment: the evolution of endobronchial apparatus for one-lung ventilation and anaesthesia. 
G Lee. Pulmonary physiology during one-lung ventilation. Sir Keith Sykes. Anatomy of the lungs and pleura. 
R Mills & K McNeil. Indications and techniques for one-lung ventilation. J D Kneeshaw. Surgery on the lungs. I G Wright. Operations on the pleura, diaphragm and chest wall. D Smith. Tracehal and bronchial surgery. 
I D Conacher. Mediastinal surgery (including thymectomy, myasthenia gravis and retrosternal goitre). 
R O Feneck. Oesophageal surgery. K J Benson & R P Mahajan. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). M Zammit & E Mackson. Chest trauma. W T McBride. Paediatric thoracic anaesthesia. S J B Nicoll &  R Bingham. Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). M Gressier, V Piriou, A Scweizer & J Neidecker. Anaesthesia for pulmonary thrombo-endarterectomy. W C Wilson & A Vuylsteke. Lung transplantation. 
I D Conacher. Common peri-operative problems and complications: pulmonary haemorrhage, empyema, bronchopleural fistula/persistent air leaks. L Doolan & P Clarke. Pain control following thoracic surgery. 
I Hardy & S Ahmed. Specialized modes of respiratory support in thoracic surgical patients. C J Bateman & 
B F Keogh. Controversies in thoracic anaesthesia. J Gothard & H Porter.

Synopsis
An up-to-date review of common practice in thoracic anaesthesia. Each procedure discussed is divided into: background information; surgical procedure; anaesthetic management; and postoperative care. This text covers all areas for the thoracic part of the Final FRCA examination.