Books and Publications

A number of publications relating to the practice of anaesthesia, pain medicine and intensive care are available on this site.   ANZCA Fellows and Trainees can also access a greater range of titles through the ANZCA Library.

• ACHS Clinical Indicators  ( 374 kB)
• Australasian Anaesthesia 2007
• Australasian Anaesthesia 2005
• Australasian Anaesthesia 2003
  
• ANZCA Code of Professional Conduct ( 146 kB)
• Day Surgery in Australia (  370 kB)
• Obstetric Anaesthesia: Scientific Evidence
• What is an Epidural?
• WPI 14 - Position Statement on the Provision of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Analgesia Services ( 435kB)

Mortality Reports

• Anaesthetic Mortality in Australia 1991-1993
• Anaesthesia Related Mortality in Australia 1994-1996
• A Review of Anaesthesia Related Mortality 1997-1999
• Safety of Anaesthesia in Australia: A Review of anaesthesia-related Mortality 2000-2002 ( 629 kB)
  
• Addendum 2000-2002 Report ( 12kB)

Acute Pain Management

• Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence (2nd Edition 2005)  ( 3.7 MB) Hard copies of the publication "Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence" can be ordered through ANZCA using this order form
• Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence (Dec 2007 Update to 2nd Edition) ( 564.9 kB) (This publication summarises the evidence currently available to assist health professionals in the management of acute pain. The field of acute pain medicine is a rapidly changing one. New information arising in areas considered to be of importance will be posted periodically on this website. This information will not yet have been approved by the NHMRC but will be included, as appropriate, in future editions of the document.)
• Managing Acute Pain: A guide for patients  ( 763 kB)

 
Changes to key messages: Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence 2nd edition 2005 and December 2007 update 

The recent retraction by a number of journals of papers written by one author has been noted. The Editorial Panel of Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence 2nd edition (2005) and its December 2007 Update has reviewed these documents and concluded that withdrawal of these papers directly affects one key message in the 2005 document and one in the 2007 Update.

ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT: SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE 2ND EDITION 2005

Page xviii under 'Antidepressant drugs' and page 55

Key Message 3: Antidepressants reduce the incidence of chronic neuropathic pain after acute zoster and breast surgery (Level II).

This Key Message should have reference to breast surgery omitted as the study supporting this statement has been withdrawn

UPDATE TO 2ND EDITION, DECEMBER 2007

Pages 6 and 27

Key Message 17:Short-term use of COX-2 inhibitors does not affect bone healing in spinal fusion (Level II).

The level of evidence is for this Key Message is changed to Level III-2 as the study used to support the statement as evidence Level II is now  also withdrawn.

Preparation of the third edition of Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence is underway and the retraction of this author's papers has been taken into account.

APAGABI - Good Practice in Procedural and Postoperative Pain

Fellows’ attention is drawn to the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland document “Good Practice in Procedural and Postoperative Pain”.  The document can be viewed at:
www.apagbi.or.uk/docs/APA_Guidelines_on_Pain_Management.pdf

Appendix: www.apagbi.or.uk/docs/APA_Guidelines_on_Pain_Management_Appendix.pdf

A FPMANZCA Fellow, Dr Suellen Walker, was a member of the APAGBI Acute Pain Guideline Working Party, which also included representatives from the Royal College of Nursing (UK), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, British Pain Society, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons and the Patient Liaison Group of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.  The document has been ratified by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and endorsed by the British Pain Society and the Royal College of Nursing.  The document will be referenced in the upcoming Third Edition of the ANZCA/FPM Acute Pain Medicine: Scientific Evidence document.

Welfare of Anaesthetists SIG resource documents