Part I: Scientific Basis of Paediatric Anaesthesia 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 What do you think about this book? Or any other Hodder Arnold title? Please visit our website: To trainees in paediatric anaesthesia – the future of the specialty. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN-13 978 01 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Commissioning Editor: Gavin Jamieson Project Editor: Francesca Naish Production Controller: Andre Sim Cover Designer: Helen Townson Indexer: Laurence Errington Typeset in 10/12, Minion by Charon Tec Ltd (A Macmillan Company), Chennai, India Printed and bound in the UK by MPG Books, Bodmin For these reasons the reader is strongly urged to consult the drug companies’ printed instructions before administering any of the drugs recommended in this book. Furthermore, dosage schedules are constantly being revised and new side-effects recognised. In particular (but without limiting the generality of the preceding disclaimer) every effort has been made to check drug dosages however it is still possible that errors have been missed. Whilst the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the author nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. The logging and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. In the United Kingdom such licences are issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency: 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP Hachette Livre UK’s policy is to use papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products and made from wood grown in sustainable forests. Apart from any use permitted under UK copyright law, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form, or by any means with prior permission in writing of the publishers or in the case of reprographic production in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Hatch and Sumner’s Textbook of Paediatric Anaesthesia Third editionįRCA Consultant Anaesthetist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UKįirst published in Great Britain in 1989 by Baillière Tindall Second edition published in Great Britain in 2000 by Hodder Arnold This third edition published in 2008 by Hodder Arnold, an imprint of Hodder Education, part of Hachette Livre UK, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press Inc., 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press © 2008 Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd All rights reserved. Hatch and Sumner’s Textbook of Paediatric Anaesthesia