This practical handbook delivers complete, to-the-point, evidence-based guidance on the preoperative, perioperative, and post-operative medical care of surgical patients. Each chapter focuses on a particular area of clinical concern, with concise presentations of pathophysiology, assessment and management options, the latest drug treatment information, and essential information on risk stratification and quality improvement. The result is an invaluable source on the management of surgical patients with co-existing medical problems that may be affected by surgery, as well as how to approach medical complications that may occur during or following surgical procedures.
โข Comprehensive discussions at the beginning of each chapter emphasize consultation in surgical patient management.
โข A concise, bulleted format lets you absorb key information at a glance.
โข Extensively updated chapters.
โข Easy-to-read tables present key information on each disorder, including classification, causes, risk factors and indexes, drug treatment information, mortality rates, laboratory findings, and postoperative complications.
โข Recommendations accompanied by an assessment of the quality of supportive evidence, including randomized controlled trials, population based reviews, and consensus guidelines.
โข A topical index takes you immediately to the answers you need.
โข A new, smaller design makes the book easy to carry with you anywhere.
Earl Cheng
This perioperative book consists of 21 chapters and eight appendixes. This is a second edition; the first was published in 1992. The purpose is to provide essential information on the perioperative care of patients with various medical conditions and frequently encountered problems. Providers of perioperative care such as surgeons, medical consultants, and anesthesiologists are the intended audience. The chapter contents range from responsibilities of a medical consultant to specific topics such as preoperative testing, antibiotic prophylaxis, nutritional support, and chapters dedicated to patients with specific medical problems. The chapters on psychiatry and rheumatology are new to this edition. At the end of the book are eight appendixes presented in outline format in which a number of common surgical procedures, anesthetic needs, transfusion requirements, postoperative complications, and special considerations are described. Each chapter is divided into well-defined sections. Even though the reference list at the end of each chapter is not extensive, good representation of key articles on each topic can be found. Additional summary tables or figures would help the reader identify the most important information in each section or chapter. Several topics that would have been reasonable to include in the second edition are acute postoperative pain management, care of patients who have received organ transplants, and perioperative use of alternative medicine. The information provided reflects topics that are covered in larger reference texts. Essential information for effective perioperative care of the surgical patient is covered in condensed easy-to-read chapters.