Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period / edited by Giovanni Landoni, Laura Ruggeri, Alberto Zangrillo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landoni, Giovanni, editor.

Ruggeri, Laura, 1984- editor.

Zangrillo, Alberto, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Anesthesiology.

Critical care medicine.

Internal medicine.

Surgery.

Medicine & Public Health.

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Internal Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Medicine & Public Health.

Anesthesiology.

Surgery.

Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Internal Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VI, 158 pages 8 illustrations, 7 illustrations in color.)

Edition:

Second edition 2017.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This second edition presents the first update on a consensus process during which all evidence from the literature with a survival benefit in the perioperative period was gathered, and in which 500 physicians from 61 countries worked to confirm the findings. Perioperative morbidity and mortality currently represent a public health problem, as mortality alone is 1-4% in Western countries. Surprisingly, randomized evidence of survival benefit in the perioperative period is available for only 12 topics, while two drugs have been demonstrated to increase mortality. This book offers a complete description of each topic with updated evidence from the literature. Each chapter deals with a specific drug or technique and is structured into the following: background knowledge, main evidence from the literature, and a practical how-to section. Lastly, the book describes in detail the consensus process used, which served to reinforce the systematic review and which is currently being used and improved in other settings with growing success. Written by respected international experts, Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period, 2nd ed. will be of interest to a wide variety of specialists, including anesthesiologists, intensivists, surgeons and cardiologists.

Contents:

The Risks and Benefits of the Consensus Process

The Process of Consensus Building

Noninvasive Ventilation to Reduce Perioperative Mortality

Role of Inhalational Anesthetic Agents in Reducing Perioperative Mortality

Can Neuraxial Anesthesia Reduce Perioperative Mortality

Role of Perioperative Hemodynamic Optimization in Reducing Perioperative Mortality

Levosimendan to Reduce Perioperative Mortality

Perioperative b-Blocker Therapy and Survival

Leukocyte Depletion of Transfused Blood to Reduce Perioperative Mortality

Reducing Perioperative Mortality with Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation (IABP)

Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract

Role of Insulin in Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period

Aprotinin: Pharmacological Benefits and Safety Concerns

Consensus Conference on Perioperative Mortality: An Update

Liberal Transfusion Strategy in the Perioperative Period

Remote ischaemic preconditioning

Statins

Tranexamic acid

Proven mortality reduction unconfirmed in most recent works. methodological problem.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319466965

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