Preoperative assessment and perioperative management / edited by Mark Radford, Alastair Williamson, Clare Evans.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Radford, Mark.

Williamson, Alastair.

Evans, Clare.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Preoperative care.

Operating room nursing.

Postoperative care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Keswick [U.K.] : M&K Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pre operative assessment of the surgical patient is a key part of the perioperative process. However, it is one that cannot be separated from the other aspects of perioperative management, both clinical and administrative, that ensures the safe and effective treatment of surgical patients. There are a number of books on the market that examine perioperative management anaesthesia and surgical nursing that are only able to touch on the pre-operative assessment process. Pre Operative Assessment & Perioperative Management sets out to be different, by bridging the gap between these texts and the e

Contents:

Front cover; Prelims; Contents; Preface; About the editors; Contributors; Chapter 1 The evolving role of the preoperative assessment team; Chapter 2 Preoperative estimation of survival and mortality risk; Chapter 3 History taking; Chapter 4 Clinical examination; Chapter 5 Pre-operative assessment of cardiovascular system and management of concurrent disease; Chapter 6 Respiratory assessment and disease; Chapter 7 Assessment of the airway; Chapter 8 Preoperative testing and perioperative management of endocrine and renal disease

Chapter 9 Preoperative assessment and management of neurological diseaseChapter 10 The role of haematology in preoperative assessment; Chapter 11 The role of blood transfusion in preoperative assessment; Chapter 12 Preoperative pharmacological optimisation; Chapter 13 Considerations in the preoperative assessment of paediatric patients; Chapter 14 Preoperative assessment and day case surgery; Chapter 15 Preparation for discharge; Chapter 16 Consent and the perioperative patient; Chapter 17 Changing the preoperative process - a review of the evidence

Chapter 18 The challenge of implementing 'new' preoperative systemsChapter 19 Audit and evaluation of a perioperative service; Chapter 20 Developing a competency framework for preoperative assessment; Chapter 21 Developing protocol and guidance to support assessment services; Appendix; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613164483

9781283164481

1283164485

9781907830020

1907830022

OCLC:

742517480