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Effects of Anesthesia Edited by B.G. COVINO, H.A. FOZZARD, K. REHDER AND G. STRICHARTZ. Pp. 224, Williams and Wilkins, 1985 £44.
Handbook of Regional Anaesthesia Edited by P. PRITHVI RAJ. Pp. 285, Churchill Livingstone, 1985. £44.50.
Mishap or Malpractice By C. HAWKINS. Pp. 316, Blackwells, 1985. £8.50.
Anaesthesia. bays on its History Edited by J. RUPREHT, M.J.V. LIEBURG, J.A. LEE AND W. ERDMANN. Pp. 409, Springer-Verlag, 1985. DM 118.
Intensive Care Manual Edited by T.E. OH. Pp. 463, The Butterworth Group, 1985. £25.00.
Difficulties in tracheal intubation Edited by I.P. LATTO AND M. ROGEN. Pp. 183, Bailliere Tindall, 1985. £14.50.
Searching the Medical Literature By J. WELCH AND T.A. KING. Pp. 154, Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1985. £15.00.     

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Acute Cardiovascular Management A.K. R eam R.P. F ogdall
Acute Cardiovascular Management By A.K. R eam AND R.P. F ogdall .
Anaesthesia and Patient Care T.C.K. B rown
Brief review of a book received by the Editor
Anaesthesia and Patient Care By T.C.K. BROWN.
A Colour Atlas of Oxygen-Cardiorespirograms in Newborn Infants By R. H uch , A. H uch , G. R ooth . F. F allenstein AND H. S chachinger .     

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Factors that influence mortality were analyzed in 270 patients operated on for trochanteric hip fracture. Survival was closely related to age and medical condition at the time of injury; methods of treatment had little influence on survival.     

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Background?Previous studies have shown a relationship between time of admission to hospital and mortality rates; however, it is uncertain whether such a relationship exists for patients requiring emergency trauma surgery.Methods?We included all trauma patients, except those with moderate to severe burns, who presented to a university-affiliated level 1 trauma center and underwent surgery, from 1995 until 2001 (n?=?1044). We conducted univariate and multivariate analyses in which the dependent variables were in-hospital mortality and major complications, and the independent variables were the time of presentation to the trauma centre (nighttime vs. daytime, weekend vs. weekday, month of year, and year), age, sex, injury severity score, type of operative procedure, and total number of operative procedures.Results?None of the factors related to time of presentation were associated with major complications or mortality. Factors predictive of increased mortality were higher ISS (odds ratio 1.07; 95% confidence interval 1.03–1.08), older age (1.04; 1.03–1.07), operations involving the cardiovascular system (1.7; 1–2.6), “miscellaneous” operative procedures (1.8; 1.1–2.9), and major complications (2.4; 1.4–4.2).Interpretation?Time of presentation for emergency trauma surgery was not associated with differences in major complications or in mortality.     

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Principles and practice series. Patient controlled analgesia E. W elchew (Series editors: C. E. W. H ajim and A. P. A dams ).
Fundamentals of anaesthesia and acute medicine: cardiovascular physiology Edited by H. J. P riebe , K. S karvan (Series editors: R. M. J ones , A. R. A itkenijead , and P. F oëx ).
Anaesthesia and intensive care for patients with liver disease Edited by G. R. P ark and Y. K ang .