Chapter 19: Guidelines on the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Thoracic Procedures 2025
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Chapter 19: Guidelines on the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Thoracic Procedures 2025
Booklets providing information for patients about their stay in hospital should be available for all patients. This will include the patient information booklets published by the British Thoracic Society on lung disease and the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation for information about lung cancer and its surgical treatment. Sources of information about the anaesthetic should also be available.3,48,49,50,51,52
Introduction
Thoracic anaesthesia services are provided for patients undergoing thoracic procedures. To reflect current practice, these guidelines have been more clearly divided to identify areas of differing requirement.
Thoracic surgery may include surgery on the lungs (including lung transplantation), pleura, thymus, oesophagus and other thoracic structures, as well as the chest wall. Less invasive video assisted surgery is now mainstream...
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The official magazine for members of the College which is published quarterly and distributed to over 20,000 anaesthetists worldwide.
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This leaflet gives information on what to expect when having surgery with anaesthesia. It has been written by anaesthetists working together with patients and patient representatives. It also shows you where to find other information that might be helpful.
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