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.
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Section 1 - Preoperative Evaluation.- 1. Role of the Medical Consultant 2. Preoperative Testing 3. Perioperative Medication Management 4. Perioperative Management of Anticoagulation 5. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 6. Prevention of Infective Endocarditis (Bacterial Endocarditis) 7. Surgical Site Infection Prophylaxis 8. Anesthesiology for the non-Anesthesisologist Section 2 - Surgery-Specific Risks 9. Abdominal Surgery 10. Thoracic Surgery 11. Vascular Surgery 12. Orthopedic Surgery 13. Neurosurgery 14. Gynecologic Surgery 15. Urologic Surgery 16. Bariatric Surgery 17. Ophthalmic surgery 18. Otolaryngologic Procedures 19. Electroconvulsive Therapy Section 3 - Preoperative Evaluation and Management of Co-existing Medical Diseases 20. Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management 21. Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation 22. Endocrine Disease 23. Hematologic Disease 24. Cancer 25. Perioperative HIV 26. Preoperative Evaluation and Management for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease 27. Perioperative Evaluation of GI Disease 28. Perioperative Management of the Patient with Rheumatic Disease 29. Neurologic Disease 30. Psychiatric Conditions 31. Perioperative Care of Patients with Substance Abuse 32. The Pregnant Surgical Patient Section 4 - Postoperative Complications 33. Postoperative Fever 34. Postoperative Hypertension/Hypotension 35. Arrhythmias 36. Perioperative Chest pain/Dyspnea 37. Postoperative Pulmonary Complications 38. Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism (DVT & PE) 39. Postoperative Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid/Base Disorders 40. Renal Failure 41. Anemia and Bleeding 42. Postoperative Jaundice 43. Postoperative Stroke and Seizures 44. Postoperative Delirium 45. Pain Management
