Perioperative medicine : managing surgical patients with medical problems / Joanna Chikwe, Axel Walther, Philip Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chikwe, Joanna.

Contributor:

Walther, Axel, 1968-

Jones, Philip, 1969-

Series:

Oxford specialist handbooks.

Oxford medical publications.

Oxford specialist handbooks

Oxford medical publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Therapeutics, Surgical--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Therapeutics, Surgical.

Surgery--Complications--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Surgery.

Preoperative care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Preoperative care.

Postoperative care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Postoperative care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Medical handbooks rarely provide advice on what to do when your patient has to undergo surgery. Similarly surgical handbooks focus on conditions that need surgery, and the main problems caused by that surgery.In contrast, Perioperative Medicine is a concise, practical text that gives junior doctors the guidance that they need to cope with medical problems in surgical patients that might occur early in pre-assessment clinic, the night before surgery, out-of-hours or on the wards post-operatively.It is an invaluable guide to covering surgical patients, and appeals to a wide readership, including

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Symbols and abbreviations; 1 Investigations; Guidelines; Routine preoperative tests; Normal healthy adults; Adults with mild comorbidity; Adults with major comorbidiy; Cardiovascular and neurosurgery; Other preoperative tests; A-Z of laboratory investigations; 2 Perioperative care; Duties of a doctor; Communication skills; Correct site surgery; Consent; Planning for elective surgery; Planning for emergency surgery; Day case surgery; The surgical drug chart; Drugs and surgery; Organizing the list; Fluid management; Fluid balance troubleshooting; Transfusion

Transfusion reactionsCritical care; Theatre; Postoperative management; Pain management; Opioids; NSAIDs and paracetamol; Local anaesthesia; Surgical sepsis; Specific infections; The septic patient; Blood-borne viruses and surgery; Wound care, drains, and stomas; Wound problems; Postoperative haemorrhage; Haematological complications; Alcohol-related problems; Challenging patients; Transplant patients; Death; End of life issues; 3 Cardiovascular; Investigations; Hypotension and shock; Ischaemic heart disease; Chest pain; Acute coronary syndrome; Heart failure; Management of heart failure

Pericardial diseaseCauses of dysrhythmias; Lethal dysrhythmias; Dangerous dysrhythmias I; Dangerous dysrhythmias II; Benign dysrhythmias; Cardioversion; Defibrillation; Cardiac pacemakers; Valve disease; Aortic stenosis; Other valve diseases; Hypertension; Adult congenital heart disease; Vascular surgery complications; Acute limb ischaemia; Aneurysms; Carotid disease; Foot ulcers; Amputations; Venous thromboembolism; Thrombolysis; 4 Respiratory; Arterial blood gas: basics; Arterial blood gas: interpretation; Respiratory function tests; Oxygen administration; The breathless patient

Pulmonary oedemaSmoking; Asthma; Acute severe asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Respiratory infection; Pulmonary embolism; Bronchiectasis; Restrictive pulmonary disease; Sleep apnoea syndrome; Pneumothorax; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Upper airway obstruction; Ventilation/respiratory support; 5 Renal and urological; Acute renal dysfunction/failure; Oliguria; Urinary retention; Haematuria; Chronic renal failure; Dialysis patients; Nephrotic syndrome; Hyponatraemia; Hypernatraemia; Hypokalaemia; Hyperkalaemia; Hypercalcaemia; Hypocalcaemia; Magnesium and phosphate

6 GastrointestinalNutrition; Nutritional assessment; Nutritional support; Acute abdominal pain; Nausea and vomiting; Diarrhoea and constipation; Paralytic ileus/Obstruction; Peptic ulcer disease & reflux; Gastrointestinal bleed; Postoperative anastomotic leak; Hepatic disease and failure; Diagnosis of postop jaundice; Management of jaundice; Inflammatory bowel disease; 7 Endocrine and metabolic; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin sliding scales and regimens; Diabetic emergencies; Steroid therapy; Thyroid disease; Obesity; Rare endocrine disorders; Hormone secreting tumours; 8 Neurology

Drowsiness and coma

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Perioperative medicine. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-172597-8

1-283-57984-7

9786613892294

0-19-155984-9

OCLC:

801363661