Perioperative Medicine uses a concise, highly practical, bulleted format designed to ensure rapid comprehension of key concepts and reinforce the reader's understanding of complex topics in perioperative medicine. It contains authoritative, up-to-date coverage of the most essential concepts in perioperative care from preoperative risk assessment to postoperative follow-up. The Editor and his contributors use their expert insight and experience to provide an in-depth review of comorbid conditions, patient and surgery-specific risk assessment, and common postoperative complications. This new book reviews recent developments in the field, including published guidelines, and emphasizes an evidence-based, cost-effective approach designed to ensure quality, patient safety, and optimal outcomes. It is intended for use by hospitalists, general internists and subspecialists as well as anesthesiologists, surgeons, and residents in training who are caring for patients before and after surgery. Covers essential, must-know facts. Content presented in an easy-to-follow streamlined, bulleted format ensures quick comprehension of key concepts. Expert, up-to-date coverage of the most critical, need-to-know concepts in perioperative care, from preoperative risk assessment to postoperative follow-up and much more. Complete coverage of co-existing diseases, assessment and implications for surgical care. Logically organized, easy-to-follow chapters help focusyour study and provide rapid access to specific subjects. INDICE: Section 1 – Preoperative Evaluation. Section 2 – Surgery-Specific Risks. Section 3 - Preoperative Evaluation and Management of Co-existing Medical Diseases. Section 4 – Postoperative Complications.
- ISBN: 978-0-85729-497-5
- Editorial: Springer London
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés